Re: creating a new sound
The sax that you're going to hear that on is the tenor. There are a whole bunch of tenors that are good for jazz. A good open tenor that I have is the Yamaha 82z unlacquered. (unlacquered resonates more) You'll also want a metal mouthpiece. There's so many their I can't even come close to just naming one. There's custom, modern, vintage, then all the brands, sizes, facings, all that shit. This may sound really stupid and unbelievable, but one of the people I play with a lot bought a vandoren metal piece. He said they're making pretty beefy tenor pieces now. He sounds alright, but I'm not sure. I've got an old vintage link. Don't get one of those damn inverted black ligatures that deadens your tone if you want to sound like that. Some inverts can be open though. Then whatever reed, but get no heavier than a 3 for a mouthpiece like that. And look into necks too. The G1 neck that comes with the Yamaha custom is pretty good. I've got an Oleg though. hehehe....
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