Category: Best Saxophone Players
A Chat with Saxophonist and Bjorkestra Bandleader Travis Sullivan
This article comes courtesy of guest contributor, Todd Feldman of RS Berkeley Musical Instruments. Posi-Tone Records recording artist Travis Sullivan has earned a worldwide reputation as an alto saxophonist, pianist, composer, and arranger. He has been hailed by Jazz Times as being “…a gifted alto saxophonist and improviser who has also developed a strong and [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Players
Audio Master Class Interview with Bob Sheppard
In this third and final installment of the Bulletproof Saxophone Playing kickoff series, I proudly present a master class interview with one of the finest sax players playing the horn today, Mr. Bob Sheppard. As many of you know, Bob is one of Los Angeles’ first call session players. But beyond that, he’s played with everyone from [...]
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Audio Master Class Interview with Tim Price
With this post, we continue on to the second installment in the kickoff to my upcoming saxophone instructional program called Bulletproof Saxophone Playing. This time we’ve got an inspiring master class interview with the incredibly passionate Tim Price – a world class saxophonist and music educator who’s played alongside jazz’s greatest names in the business. [...]
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Audio Master Class Interview with Ricky Sweum
By now you’ve probably heard me rambling on and on about my new upcoming e-book and Audio Master Class Interviews, also known as Bulletproof Saxophone Playing. To kick off the Bulletproof Saxophone Playing festivities, I’m going to be posting three free audio master class interviews. Much to my honor and delight, the interviewees are renown [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Players, Best Saxophone Tips and Techniques, News, Updates, and Brand Overviews
Sax Lessons: Joe Henderson
Any sax player who plays the saxophone (yes, I meant to say that) is well familiar with the brilliance that is the legacy of the great, late Joe Henderson. I figured I’d leave the bio to Wikipedia and instead offer you some virtual sax lessons from the master himself. Years ago Joe gave a performance [...]
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The Ten Best Saxophone Blowing Sessions Ever
This guest post is from Sam Sadigursky of SamSadigursky.com Here’s a list of my favorite records that feature multiple saxophonists locking horn-to-horn. By my definition, a blowing session tends to be a minimally written affair, usually featuring the horn players playing over standards and generally minimally rehearsed. As far as I know, most of these [...]
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15 Glimpses Into the Minds of History’s Great Saxophone Players
This week I wanted to do something a bit special. Rather than rattling on with my views on saxophone playing and music in general, I thought I’d leave it to the saxophone greats to share their wisdom and insights with you. Between all of the combined quotes below is centuries worth of knowledge on topics [...]
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Daniel Blake’s Unique Path to Intuitive and Enlightened Musical Mastery
Every once in a while I come across a saxophonist new to me who truly blows me away. Thanks to NYC sax maestro Daniel Blake, now is once in a while. As if performing and touring internationally with artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Anthony Braxton, Kenny Werner, Danilo Perez, Lukas Ligeti, Peter Evans, Ricardo Gallo, [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Players
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