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Professional Instrument Series: Saxophonist Dave Koz

Internationally renowned musician Dave Koz has been playing a saxophone that he’s had for over 20 years. The Yamaha artist’s main alto is a silver-plated YAS-62 sax that was his backup until the theft of his car and some of his instruments in 1997. On all of his instruments, Koz uses Rico Royal plasticover #3 reeds with the standard […]

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Doubling Clarinet

Doubling on Clarinet for Saxophone Players

A double is an additional instrument you might want to, or need to play. Standard doubles for a saxophonist might include flute, clarinet, piccolo, bass clarinet or any other instrument in the woodwind family. My first double was the clarinet. When I began high school I found many saxophone players playing clarinet. The majority of them had started […]

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