Not sure if anyone’s seen this, but it’s kind of like the Siamese twins of saxophone: It’s called the Aulochrome, and it’s the newest edition to the saxophone family.  From what I can hear and tell from the videos I’ve seen, it’s 2 Soprano saxes fused together with a single line of alternate key work [...]

Hi guys! I found a great series of videos that Rico Reeds has put out on YouTube of Jerry Bergonzi.  He’s got some great advice and some really cool techniques to improve your saxophone tone, articulation, & embouchure.  This is a set of 14 videos courtesy of Rico Reeds.  They have even more videos on [...]

Joshua Redman – Birthday Song (Part II) Live Joshua Redman – Tenor Sax, Organ, Effects Sam Yahel – Keyboards Jeff Ballard – Drums The slap tongue portion of this video occurs at the very end, but it is GORGEOUS.  In some of the other videos it is not nearly as clean as this. Joshua Redman [...]

Just checked out this official video by Nonesuch records interviewing Joshua Redman about his newest album, Compass.  This is a really cool look into Redman’s early childhood and the concept behind this latest record. Get Joshua Redman’s new album “Compass” from Amazon.com

I first caught the trio version of this group at Dazzle in Denver, CO.  They have since just come out with their debut album “Now vs. Now”.  The group was started and is lead by pianist Jason Lindner and includes Panagiotis Andreou (bass and vocals) and phenomenal drummer out of NY, Mark Guiliana.  They quote [...]