Tag: bass sax

New Review: ErgoBrass new ErgoSax support system (Bari/Bass)

The folks at ErgoBrass recently sent me their newest product to check out. Its a support system for baritone (and bass!) saxophone. It is made to replace or even work in tandem with your neck strap or harness. I was really impressed with this product. I reviewed a similar product some time ago called SaxSupport and this is somewhat of a similar idea, but I think better executed and more flexible.

Any baritonist with back or neck problems, or anyone with a bass saxophone could definitely benefit from this product. I have made an in depth video explaining how it works, demonstrating it, and trying it with various instruments (baritone sax, both low A and low Bb, bass sax, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet and more). Check out the video for my full review:

Here’s the video from the company on the product:

If you’re interested you can purchase it directly from their website (sold and shipped from Europe):
https://store.ergobrass.com/product/ergosax-baribass-support/

Bass Saxophone and the Modern Age

I normally restrict my rants to the baritone saxophone and post them on this site. But over the last few years I’ve been tackling the bass saxophone. Its been quite challenging. I’ve also learned a lot about it. Most baritonists seem to appreciate a good low end, so I thought I’d share an article I recently wrote. It was published in the WAVE (We Are Vandoren E-Newsletter) today. 

It covers a bit of the history of the bass saxophone, both the players as well as the instrument itself. There are also a number of video examples and it covers a lot of the modern practitioners of the horn. So if you have any interest in learning a little about the bass saxophone, head on over and give it a read.

-Andrew

Saxophone innovations

Until recently, building a new saxophone usually meant making yet another tired copy of the Selmer Mk VI. So it is with great interest that we learned of neosax.com. A website devoted to very interesting and definitely new ways of designing and building saxophones. Including some attention spent on the baritone and even its larger brother the bass saxophone! Spend some time and checkout their new projects on their site here.

Scott Robinson – Metal Master!

Scott Robinson’s plethora of musical instruments

No one without years of experience should try and describe Scott Robinson, so we’ll leave that to the New York Times. It is highly recommended that you read the review of Scott’s most recent presentation as a leader at the Jazz Standard in NYC.

Read the article here!

Scott is an amazing and very in demand baritone saxophonist. However, if you bring this up Scott is likely to tell you he fancies himself more of a bass saxophonist than baritone (not to mention the dozens of other instruments he has mastered). Since the bass saxophone doesn’t seem to have a more permanent home on the internets we hope you will excuse our interest in the baritone’s bigger brother. If you haven’t checked out Scott’s work and his ScienSonic Laboratories or DocTone label you should do so!