The Saxtalk.com Alto Saxophone Information Page
Purpose of this page: To present information about the alto saxophone in Question and Answer format. The only rule: each question has to be…
Saxtalk.com 20210412 Etude in Honor of John Coltrane
Summary John Coltrane is my second favorite saxophonist of all time (Charlie Parker is my favorite), and I wrote and recorded this…
Hexatonic Blues Etude - 20210410 - Key 1 of 12 - B-flat
This simple saxophone etude makes the saxophonist more familiar with the hexatonic blues scale in the key of B-flat. Enjoy!!! Downloads: The…
Saxtalk.com Saxophone Etude in Honor of Piano Virtuoso Mrs. Marian McPartland
Mrs. Marian McPartland was one of my heroes. She was a human being with an incredible spirit: she treated EVERY one of…
I gave my saxophone tone more resonance by pushing my ligature forward on my Otto link mouthpiece.
I play alto saxophone, and since the early 2000s, my reed of choice has been #3 Fibracell synthetic reeds. Recently, I switched from…
Blaze Fingers Episode 11: Outliers
Saturday January 21, 1961: The home of Fats Bixby: 10 AM Fats Bixby: There’s no getting around it Blaze: you’re going to be…
Blaze Fingers Episode 10: The Saxophone Prodigy
Saturday January 14, 1961: The home of Fats Bixby: 11 AM Fats Bixby: Blaze, I’ve written a new saxophone exercise for you to…