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Matthew Alec Saxophone Podcast; Giving Back to the Music Scene in Cleveland – Ep. 153
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...

Greg Banaszak Podcast; Legendary Charlie Parker Stories – Ep 152
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...

Marco Pignataro Podcast; Chant For Our Planet – Ep 151
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,...

Travel Sax & Odisei Music Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 150
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....

Growling Sax & Victory Musical Instruments Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 149
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...

Chateau Musical Instruments Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 148
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...

Beechler Mouthpieces Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 147
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...

Mindi Abair and Theo Wanne Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 146
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...

Mauro DiGioia of ReedGeek Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 145
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...

Rovner Products Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 144
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...

Jason Whitmore Podcast; Live from NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 143
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....

Maxime Carron Podcast; Live from NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 142
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...