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The Michael Brecker Archive at William Paterson University
Dr. David Demsey at William Paterson University contacted me a few years ago to tell me about the “Living Jazz Archives” that the University was building and how they were adding a Michael Brecker...
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Guardala Mouthpiece Informative Brochures From 1990
A friend of mine on Facebook, Adrian Chia, posted these pictures of hardcopy Guardala mouthpiece brochures that he received from Dave Guardala in the mail back in 1990. Dave was living in Hicksville...
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Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition
I was recently informed about this new competition by Brian Plautz and Susan Brecker and thought I would pass on the information here on the site. If you are an aspiring saxophonist between the ages...
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New! Michael Brecker’s Alternate Fingering Lessons Area
You might have noticed that I have been quiet here at neffmusic.com over the last few weeks. The reason is that I started a new lesson series on my site for members focused on the alternate fingering...
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Video Tour of The Michael Brecker Archive at William Paterson University
Louis Gerrits creator of the site michaelbreckerliverecordings.com posted a link to a video tour of the Living Jazz Archives at William Paterson University which includes the Michael Brecker Archive on...
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Saxscape Downtown MB1 Slim Profile Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing a Saxscape Downtown MB1 8* (.115) slim profile tenor saxophone mouthpiece that Ken Barry at Saxscape mouthpieces recently sent me to try out and perhaps review. Earlier this...
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Michael Brecker Scarborough Fair Tenor Saxophone Solo Transcription
I have a treat for all of you! A couple of weeks ago, I discovered a new sax player on Facebook who was posting killer transcriptions on Youtube. His name is Dimitii Sergheev from Moldova. Dimitrii...
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Michael Brecker New York Minute Tenor Saxophone Solo Transcription
I have a treat for all of you! A couple of weeks ago, I discovered a new sax player on Facebook who was posting killer transcriptions on Youtube. His name is Dimitii Sergheev from Moldova. Dimitrii...
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Whoa!! Michael Brecker Performing on a Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece!!
I wanted to share this interesting video I found on Facebook this morning that was shared by Louis Gerrits who runs the website michaelbreckerliverecordings.com which is a website dedicated to the...
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Michael Brecker Tenor Sax Solo Transcription-The Melody Still Lingers On (A...
About five years ago, I started working on a transcription of an incredible solo by Michael Brecker over “A Night in Tunisia” (Chaka Kahn calls it “The Melody Still Lingers On”). This is from a video...
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Michael Brecker Act Natural Tenor Sax Solo Transcription
Here’s another great Michael Brecker tenor sax solo transcription I am excited to share with everyone. This transcription has been available out there on the internet for many years now, so I have...
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Will the Real Michael Brecker’s Sax Mouthpiece Please Stand Up?
I wanted to write a blog post on this subject because there has been a lot of discussion and confusion over the years about the Guardala tenor saxophone mouthpiece that Michael Brecker played on. I...
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Insane Michael Brecker Invitation Tenor Sax Solo Transcription from the Jaco...
Here’s another great Michael Brecker tenor saxophone solo transcription I am excited to share with everyone. This is a transcription of Michael Brecker’s insane tenor sax solo on the jazz standard,...
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