{"id":104862,"date":"2021-06-26T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=104862"},"modified":"2022-03-07T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T01:46:11","slug":"drake-david-sanborn-master-series-7-8-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/drake-david-sanborn-master-series-7-8-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake David Sanborn Master Series 7 & 8 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I am reviewing the Drake Master Series David Sanborn 7 (.085 tip opening) and the 8 (.090 tip opening) alto saxophone mouthpieces made by Aaron Drake at Drake mouthpieces<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are a David Sanborn fan and play the alto saxophone, you can’t help but be interested in an alto saxophone mouthpiece with David Sanborn’s name on it and approved by David Sanborn.<\/p>\n

I remember listening to Dave Sanborn when I was a teenager and I had no idea what to make of his unique alto saxophone sound.\u00a0 The first David Sanborn album I owned in high school was entitled “Voyeur”.\u00a0 I remember bringing it home, putting it on my father’s turntable and listening to “Let’s Just Say Goodbye”.\u00a0 I immediately loved the groove and modern sound of it but the alto sax didn’t even sound like a saxophone to me.\u00a0 It sounded so bright, edgy and strange to my young ears.\u00a0 I had certainly never heard an alto saxophone sound like that in my middle school band, that is for sure!\u00a0 Even now, as I write this review, I am listening to “Let’s Just Say Goodbye” and I feel like I’m still that 15 year old kid listening to it for the very first time.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, as I played more and more in high school, I found learning some of David Sanborn’s signature lines and phrases as well as being able to lean towards his unique alto saxophone sound incredibly helpful in many playing situations where a polite alto saxophone tone would just not cut it.<\/p>\n

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Drake David Sanborn Master Series 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a little bit about what Aaron Drake says about working with David Sanborn on the David Sanborn Master Series alto saxophone mouthpieces from the Drake website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In 2013,\u00a0 David invited me to meet after his concert in San Antonio Texas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>David expressed his need for a mouthpiece that could replace the mouthpiece he played for many years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>From this initial meeting I began making prototype mouthpieces for David to try, and within several months we landed on a design that David liked.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Not only liked, but a mouthpiece that could be his number one piece.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>In 2014,\u00a0 Dave switched and began playing exclusively on his Drake mouthpiece. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>Several years have passed since then, and now David and I have decided to offer this mouthpiece as the David Sanborn model.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n