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Hello saxophonists, teachers and players alike! Much has happened since the last entry in my blog. First of all, there are several new reviews posted here at SaxShed.com.

Randy Hunter, Greg Fishman and the team of Rosenberg and Weiskopf have all penned new books submitted here for review.

Randy Hunter’s series Set the Stage offers some easy arrangements for jazz bands without complete instrumentation. Read more

Greg Fishman has another great book entitled, Jazz Duets. Greg’s first book of jazz etudes has received a lot of press and deservedly so! You can read the complete review here.

Every teacher of saxophone has had a remarkable student who comes along only every few years or so. In my case, Ed Rosenberg is that one student who has surpassed all students of mine who came before or since his internment with me. I met Ed when he was in 8th grade and worked with him all through high school. Now Ed had teamed up with Walt Weiskopf to produce and release the newest book by Weiskopf entitled “Around the Horn.” Read the complete review here.

Hello to all and welcome to my latest blog entry. It’s been too long since the last entry and lots to tell.

1) Back in April I was happy to report that Michael Brecker told me via email that he was playing some tenor and EWI again. This news was passed on to SaxShed.com readers in the last blog. In June, Brecker joined Herbie Hancock on stage at Carnagie Hall. Mike’s return to the stage has been widely reported in the last month. Read below:

Hancock took the mic to announce the third tune, “One Finger Snap” (from his 1964 classic Blue Note album, Empyrean Isles). “I feel kind of funny doing this tune as a trio because usually I play it with a quartet,” he announced to the capacity crowd before coyly looking into the wings and adding, “There must be some sax player backstage there who could sit in on this one.” And with that, out walked Michael Brecker with tenor sax in hand, to the utter shock of everyone in attendance. The capacity crowd leapt to its feet with unanimous cheers as Brecker backed his way onto the stage from the wings, looking up at the ceiling and turning about in a mock-disoriented, Chaplinesque manner, as if to ask, “Where am I? How did I get here?”

Hello again and welcome to my newest blog entry! Lots of new things are happening here at SaxShed.com. The forum is growing slowly and I invite everyone to stop by and get things going. There are lots of people with great ideas...