Plateau Clarinets

Plateau Clarinets: A plateau clarinet simply does not have holes for the fingers to close, they have covered keys. They are great for young students that have trouble covering the holes and for players of any age that have trouble covering the holes.  They sound just like a regular clarinet.

Edgar Winter

Edgar Winter When I got out of the Army I went on the road playing in rock bands and blues bands… I was trying to play the saxophone then I heard Edgar Winter play on his “Entrance” album… hell … he was playing things I could never play if I practiced 24 hours a day…. … Read more

Ramsey Lewis

I was setting in a club in Chicago many years ago listening to George Shearing… he was great… The waitress was taking this guy to his table and he stepped on both of my feet… never said anything just walked all over my feet… well I was young and not always that bright, so I … Read more

Contra Bass Saxophone

      Rick Izumi’s Contra Bass Saxophone features: The low B-Flat, B, C-Sharp and G-Sharp Keys:  As you can see there is nothing fancy about these keys. The G-Sharp is just a little round key. There are no rollers. no angles… just keys…  There is also no articulated G-Sharp key… very basic.

James Moody

James Moody Jazz Legend   I met James through Francois Kloc when I worked at Buffet setting up the Buffet clarinets and Keilworth saxophones. James was a Keilworth artist, so when he would drop by I would check his sax… He came to several times after I left Buffet and the last time he came … Read more