I heared that Dexter Gordon used a Tenor "Lady face" Conn Tenor first combined with Berg Larsen and after changed to Otto Link (different openings along his career; 4, 5, 6 & 7) mouthpiece.Later he received as a gift from Ben Webster the Selmer Mark VI wich he used for the rest of his career.Ah!, at some point he used Rico #3 reeds. In my opinion he has one of the greatest sounds ever.

Dexter used a dukoff hollywood for a really long time....."our man in paris" is the album that defined that sound. Chris Potter has a mark VI silver plate that was made in france originally for the french army(no engraving). He changes set-ups so much you'll never know, but when i saw him in NY he was on a dukoff, when i talked to him in NY he was hanging a hard rubber vintage RESO chamber Link, and when i caught him in boston he was on and old metal florida link. He changes reeds all the time also so who cares. Ornette coleman changed a bit as well but he was very well known for the plastic saxophone. Coltrane was a balanced action selmer guy with an assortment of mpcs but a lot of links/NY links. Wayne was a big conn guy. Now he's sponsored by someone, I cant remember but he also play on Lebayle Mpcs. Sonny i believe is hittin a Mark VI right now.