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Comparing Fifteen Tenor Saxophone Mouthpieces from Ellis Music in Vermont

May 1, 2026 by Steve 2 Comments

This will be interesting! Today, I will be comparing fifteen tenor saxophone mouthpieces I borrowed from Ellis Music in Royalton, Vermont. Some of these mouthpieces are classical tenor saxophone mouthpieces and some of them are jazz saxophone mouthpieces. My goal is to demonstrate the differences in tone, timbre, volume and ease of expression between all […]

I’m an experienced player in the pop/soul/funk areas of music and, previously, classical. Over the decades I’ve been playing, I’ve always felt that I could do what I needed in those styles of music. However, recently I began to feel limited by my use of the same old licks. When I discovered Steve Neff’s website, and heard the audio examples based on the exercises in his books, I realized they were what I needed. I purchased all of them and have been working on them since. It’s very hard work… Read more

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