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Ishimori Woodstone 8 Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

August 6, 2011 by Steve 10 Comments

I have an Ishimori Woodstone hard rubber tenor sax mouthpiece to review and play for you today.  This is a 8 tip opening (.110) hard rubber mouthpiece.   I have been eagerly wanting to play one of these Ishimori mouthpieces for quite a while. Ishimori Woodstone Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Over the past few months, […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: hard rubber, Ishimori, sax mouthpiece, super custom, tenor saxophone, traditional jazz, Woodstone

Theo Wanne Refaced Selmer Soloist Tenor Mouthpiece

May 1, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

Here’s another clip of a great Selmer Soloist that Mark Sepinuck let me  try.  For those of you who don’t know Mark he is one of the premier dealers of high end mouthpieces.  If you look on ebay he goes by “10mfan”.  I met Mark years ago when he used to live up near Boston.  […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: sax mouthpiece, Selmer soloist, tenor saxophone, Theo Wanne

Chris Potter and Joe Lovano Video

April 22, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

Here’s a great video of Chris Potter and Joe Lovano playing together in NYC. The first two clicks are of the jazz standard Four. The last one is of Bye Bye Blackbird. It’s amazing to see these two masters playing together. You can tell they really enjoy each others playing. This is some pretty hardcore […]

Filed Under: Jazz Videos Tagged With: chris potter, Four, Joe Lovao, tenor saxophone

Warburton LA Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

April 14, 2011 by Steve 46 Comments

This is a Warburton LA tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today.   This tenor saxophone mouthpiece has a .110 tip opening and is silver plated.  These are made by the great mouthpiece refacer Eric Falcon down in Florida. I have done a number of reviews in the past on other mouthpieces that Eric […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Eric Falcon, LA model, tenor saxophone, Warburton mouthpieces

Warburton J Series Hard Rubber Tenor Sax Mouthpiece

April 6, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

This is a Warburton J series hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today. This tenor saxophone mouthpiece has an .110 tip opening.  These are made by the great mouthpiece refacer Eric Falcon down in Florida.  I had done a review in the past of the Alto and Soprano models and Eric was […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Eric Falcon, hard rubber, J series, tenor saxophone, Warburton mouthpieces

Warburton A Series 16 Degree Tenor Sax Mouthpiece

April 5, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

This is a Warburton A series 16 degree tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today.  This tenor saxophone mouthpiece has an 7* tip opening which is a .105.   It is silver plated and came with a Rovner light ligature.   These are made by the great mouthpiece refacer Eric Falcon down in Florida. […]

Filed Under: Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: 16 degree, Eric Falcon, tenor saxophone, Warburton mouthpieces

Warburton A Series 12 Degree Tenor Sax Mouthpiece

April 5, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

This is a Warburton A series 12 degree tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing.   This tenor saxophone mouthpiece has an 7* tip opening which is a .105.   It is silver plated and came with a Rovner light ligature.  These are made by the great mouthpiece refacer Eric Falcon down in Florida. I […]

Filed Under: Tenor High Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: 12 degree, Eric Falcon, tenor saxophone, Warburton mouthpieces

Warburton A Series 8 Degree Tenor Sax Mouthpiece

April 4, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

This is a Warburton A series 8 degree tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today.  This tenor saxophone mouthpiece has an 8* tip opening which is about .115.  It is silver plated and came with a Rovner light ligature.  These are made by Eric Falcon who was kind enough to send me some to […]

Filed Under: Tenor High Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: 8 degree, Eric Falcon, sax mouthpiece, tenor saxophone, Warburton

Marmaduke Hard Rubber Tenor Sax Mouthpiece 7*

January 18, 2011 by Steve 7 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece that is made by Alex Miyatake in Japan.  Alex says that he has developed this mouthpiece with the help of Ron Coelho of RPC mouthpieces.  These are brand new mouthpieces and I have never heard of them until now.   The mouthpiece that I am playing today is a 7* […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: hard rubber, Marmaduke, sax mouthpiece, tenor saxophone

Rich Perry playing the blues……..

January 10, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

Here’s a great video of Rich Perry playing a blues all by himself. Rich is one of my favorite players. I remember when I first heard him years ago, I really wasn’t that into him. Back then I was into Michael Brecker, Bob Berg and guys like that. I heard musicians talking about Rich Perry […]

Filed Under: Jazz Videos Tagged With: blues sax, Rich Perry, tenor saxophone

Early Babbitt HR Otto Link Remake Tenor Mouthpiece

January 4, 2011 by Steve 25 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece that is being sold by Tenor Madness.   A big “Thank You” to Dr. James Romain who serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone and Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at Drake University.  He was kind enough to offer to send me his mouthpiece that he picked out personally at […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: early babbitt, hard rubber, otto link, tenor madness, tenor saxophone

Johannes Gerber Vintage Slant Tenor Mouthpiece

December 13, 2010 by Steve 35 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece made by Johannes Gerber in South Africa.  I have never played a Johannes Gerber mouthpiece before but have always wanted to.  I have heard great things about his work and if you visit his site at www.jgerber.com the pictures will make you want to pull out your credit card […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Johannes Gerber, sax mouthpiece, tenor saxophone, Vintage slant

Kanee Custom O7 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 9, 2010 by Steve 6 Comments

Here’s a brand new mouthpiece review for you.  You probably have never heard of this brand.  I had never heard of them before a couple weeks ago.  I received an email from someone from China asking if I would be willing to try some of their mouthpieces and post a review of them.  I was […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: custum O7, Kanee mouthpieces, tenor saxophone

“Live” Approach Note Patterns on R&B

October 29, 2010 by Steve 6 Comments

Back about 10 years ago, I decided to work on my approach note patterns.  I had been taught a few of these patterns in lessons with Jerry Bergonzi and wanted to really get them down.  As I started to really work on the approaches in every key I found myself finding others to add to […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Jazz Education, Live Recordings Tagged With: Approach Note, Lamberson J7, patterns, tenor saxophone

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