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
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’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.
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!
