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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

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

      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 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

Clarinet Reg Key Cork: The clarinet register key cork need to be thin.  I see many clarinets with a thick cork under the key. What that does is makes it hard to slide to the register key. The thinner the cork, the lower the key can be set and the easier to slide to the … Read more