Everything Saxophone Podcast

As a musician, Bill has performed on saxophone throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He has worked with several creative music and modern jazz luminaries such as Charlie Haden, Ravi Coltrane, James Newton, Nels Cline, Vinny Golia, John Carter, Michael Vlatkovich and others, and has been favorably reviewed in such publications as Downbeat, Jazz […] The post Bill Plake Podcast, Part 1; Improvising is all about the melody – Episode 157 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Ryan Richman is the Vice President of Eastman Music Company. He has worked in the music business for 27 years in various roles including performing, teaching, sales, and repair. His career began in the repair shop of his local music store cleaning rental returns and helping with sales and rental events. During his time in […] The post Ryan Richman Podcast: Bringing Eastman Winds to a whole new level – Episode 156 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Michael Wilbur is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, song writer, producer and recording engineer. His main instruments are tenor and bass saxophones. He is in the bands, Moon Hooch and Thundersmack, and has his own solo projects under his name. Michael is an avid plant-based athlete, music educator, environmentalist and animal rights activist. “I‘m realizing more and […] The post Michael Wilbur Podcast: How his thought process helped him reach new levels of success – Episode 155 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Our special guest for this episode is Paul Winter, best known for his environmental work, and his concerts with the Paul Winter Consort. From the early days of Paul Winter’s college jazz sextet, which toured 23 countries of Latin America for the State Department and performed the first-ever jazz concert at the White House for […] The post Paul Winter Podcast; How Environmentalism Shaped His Work – Episode 154 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Matthew Alec is a jazz and popular music saxophonist, founder and Executive Producer at Cleveland Time Records, and bandleader for the high-energy jazz fusion group Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric. His debut album Cleveland Time featuring former Saturday Night Live Musical Director Tom “Bones” Malone was released in February of 2021. The album charted […] The post Matthew Alec Saxophone Podcast; Giving Back to the Music Scene in Cleveland – Ep. 153 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Donna Schwartz spoke with Classical & Jazz Saxophonist, Educator, Greg Banaszak. Greg Banaszak is one of the most sought after orchestral saxophone soloists of his generation. As one of the few saxophonists active in both the classical and jazz mediums, he includes a combination of concerto performances, solo and chamber music recitals, and jazz festival […] The post Greg Banaszak Podcast; Legendary Charlie Parker Stories – Ep 152 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Marco Pignataro is a multi-talented saxophone player, composer, and educator originally from Bologna, Italy. He is currently the Managing Director of Berklee Global Jazz Institute. He has shared stages with artists such as Eddie Gomez, Joanne Brackeen, Danilo Pérez, George Garzone, and Terri Lyne Carrington, among many others. Pignataro performs and tours internationally with several […] The post Marco Pignataro Podcast; Chant For Our Planet – Ep 151 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Odisei Music is a Spanish company based in Barcelona founded by Ramon Mañas (CEO). Their story began 5 years ago when Ramon was studying music in Berlin. At that time, he was sharing a small flat with 2 other musicians and began learning how to play the saxophone. From that point, they have been obsessed […] The post Travel Sax & Odisei Music Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 150 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

In this episode from the NAMM Show in June, Donna Schwartz spoke with musician and the founder of Victory Musical Instruments, parent company of The Growling Sax, Melvin Quinones. Melvin Quinones is a Hispanic American entrepreneur, engineer, musician and the founder of Victory Musical Instruments, parent company of The Growling Sax. With over 30+ years […] The post Growling Sax & Victory Musical Instruments Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 149 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

I spoke with Robert Schuenemann, Representative, Endorsee and Artist for Chateau Musical Instruments. These saxophones were the talk of the show! You’ll want to check out the video for this episode, so you can see the beautiful hand-painted tenor and alto saxes. (See Link Below.) Chateau Musical Instruments was founded in 1979, making quality saxophones, […] The post Chateau Musical Instruments Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 148 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

This week’s episode from the NAMM Show features a personal friend of mine, Jim Scimonetti. Those of us that live near Los Angeles know how much of a monster player he is on all the woodwinds. He owned a music store and repair shop in Lancaster, CA for many years, and has been performing professionally […] The post Beechler Mouthpieces Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 147 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

This was a super-fun interview with 2 people at the top of their game in music. Mindi Abair has performed with Aerosmith, the Boneshakers and was the saxophonist on American Idol a few years ago. You can read more of her Bio on her site below. Theo Wanne has been studying and designing mouthpieces for […] The post Mindi Abair and Theo Wanne Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 146 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Mauro Di Gioia is an entrepreneur, free-lance saxophonist/woodwind player, and the founder and President of ReedGeek, Inc. (which manufactures ReedGeek Products) based in Carson City, Nevada. For many years Mauro has dedicated his time to the betterment of reeds and reed performance for all woodwind players: publishing several articles on reed acoustics and adjustment in […] The post Mauro DiGioia of ReedGeek at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 145 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Rovner Products started as primarily a ligature company, but over the years has expanded into mouthpieces and elegant saxophone stands. With the Rovner Deep-V Mouthpiece Collection, there are 2 offerings: the Avatar and the Aviva. Through extensive mouthpiece innovation, these pieces look and play like nothing you’ve seen before, with the main focus being on […] The post Meet the New Avatar; Rovner Products at NAMM Show 2022-Ep 144 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Jason Whitmore has been a resident of San Diego since 1996. As a graduate from the University of Houston with a degree in Saxophone Performance, Jason holds a deep appreciation for live performance that spans across all genres of music. Jason has been performing professionally in a broad range of musical […] The post Ep 143 – Jason Whitmore at the NAMM Show 2022 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Here’s a little background on SYOS Mouthpieces… SYOS, which stands for Shape Your Own Sound, mouthpieces was founded by Pauline Eveno, a musician with a PhD in Acoustics. In 2015, she printed the first mouthpieces and some famous French saxophone players were using them. SYOS constantly incorporates feedback from musicians to improve their mouthpieces. And […] The post Ep 142 – Maxime Carron at the NAMM Show 2022 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

This week, a podcast favorite stopped by the Legere Booth at the NAMM Show 2022. Donna spoke with saxophonist, Matt Lee, who now has a new single, Panama City Groove, which is streaming now. His prior single, One More Kiss, was #1 for 7 consecutive weeks in the Groove Jazz charts. Matt also has a […]

Danielle Walker has been playing saxophones since age 11. She performed in all ensembles offered at her school, an at age 16, was the youngest and only female member of the group, The Jekyll Island Big Band. In 1998, as a sophomore in Brevard College, she was featured on the baritone sax with that college’s […]

In our 6th interview from the NAMM Show 2022, Donna interviewed Joel Pekin and Bob Sheppard, from Retro Revival. The Retro Revival company is known for their vintage replica mouthpieces, and are committed to making mouthpiece dreams come true by making exact Replicas of the classic mouthpieces from the Golden years, from the highest quality […]

The saxophone and jazz communities suffered a HUGE loss on July 21, 2022. Tim Price, a phenomenal woodwind artist and educator, who has been featured many times on this Podcast in recent years, passed away on that date. He had been suffering from a brain tumor for many months. How Donna Met Tim I had […]