Howdy fellow Saxerati! I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank you all for your amazing support over the last 4 months of this website’s existence. I’ve had such a great time crankin’ out blog posts, recording podcasts, meeting great people, and chattin’ it up with my new friends on Facebook, Twitter and [read more…]
So here I am with the second installment of Back on the Sax where I detail my adventures as I go from tech and blogging geek back into my former status of professional giggin’ sax player. To read more about the thinking behind this series you can check out my first Back on the Sax [read more…]
Flashy technique and altissimo are all fine and good, but a rich, powerful, and distinctive saxophone sound that truly grabs your listeners is the hallmark of any great player. Thing is, without the correct methods, you're likely to waste time, looking for the perfect setup and trying to make sense of vague and conflicting instruction from books, videos, and private teachers.
Luckily, sax legend David Liebman, one of the world's foremost experts on saxophone sound production, takes you on a step-by-step journey through the method used by legends such as Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, and other masters. Starting from your mental concept of sound, to the breath, to the throat and the oral cavity (lots of cool overtone exercises here!), to the embouchure, and then on to expressive effects and working on reeds - Dave covers everything you need to develop the sort of sound that turns heads - from the first note.
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Your weekly sampling of some of this past week’s saxophone-related news: Jazz giant James Moody remembered Even in Sickness (James Moody) Soulive feat. Karl Denson [Sorry(!), but this web page has disappeared since the original publication of this article] Review | Kenny G at the Midland [Sorry(!), but this web page has disappeared since the original publication [read more…]
Intro Sure, I’ve played professionally quite a bit in the past. But these days, I’m more of a technology and blogging guy. I don’t pretend to be a full-time professional sax player touring the world and sharing stages with the greats. So then why would I run a website packed with info that’s supposed to [read more…]
This article is the second in a three-part series. If you haven’t done so already, I suggest you check out part 1. So now, thanks to part one of this series, we know what overtones on the saxophone are. At this point, overtones/harmonics/partials may be an interesting concept, but how exactly do they impact us [read more…]
Your weekly sampling of some of this past week’s saxophone-related news: James Moody: In The Mood Remembering James Moody’s Humble Gift For Music [Sorry(!), but this web page has disappeared since the original publication of this article] James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85 Basic Jazz Articulation for the Saxophone Lesson 2 Joe Lovano Us Five [read more…]
This article is the first in a three-part series. Once you’re done with this article, I strongly suggest you continue forwards with part part 2 and part 3. Many sax players new to the instrument may have heard the term “overtones” thrown about without really knowing what the term means and why they should know anything [read more…]
Kenny G – he’s the most commercially successful sax player of all time, so of course, folks are going to hate on him. Pat Metheny is going to criticize his intonation. College music students will burn his effigy. But to all of you haters out there, I think it’s about time that you enjoyed a healthy dose [read more…]
This week’s Best. Saxophone. Podcast. Ever. features highly renown Manhattan-based jazz saxophonist, multi-reedist, electronic wind instrument player, composer, and drummer Adam Niewood. Adam hails from an incredibly musical family, with his father being the late great saxophonist, woodwind doubler, and composer Gerry Niewood and mother, Gurly, a classical clarinetist and pianist. Adam’s carried on the family [read more…]
Your weekly sampling of some of this past week’s saxophone-related news: Jazz Saxophonist James Moody Dies Jazz saxophone giant James Moody has died at 85 A jazz giant passes: James Moody, 1925-2010 Us Five saxman Joe Lovano tackles Charlie Parker’s “Bird Songs” [Sorry(!), but this web page has disappeared since the original publication of this article] [read more…]