Jeff uses and endorses Rico products, playing Rico “Reserve”
reeds for the high quality and consistency of the cane. They give him the depth of sound and flexibility he looks for in a reed.
Saxophones
Mouthpieces
Jeff plays a vintage Otto Link mouthpiece on his tenor.
He owns several others that all give him a broad palette
of tonal colors in his playing. He plays Dave Guardala mouthpieces on alto & soprano and a Rico Royal C5 mouthpiece on his clarinet.
Equipment
Books
The Music Men
an illustrated history of
Brass Bands in America
By Margaret Hindle Hazen & Robem M. Hazen.
A wonderful treatise on the history of the brass bands in America and their place and influence within our social structure. Lots of great historic photos.
Louis Armstrong’s
New Orleans
By Thomas Brothers.
Learn about how the political and social milieu of turn-of-the-
20th-century New Orleans created one of America’s most unique and influential musicians.
By Dena J. Epstein.
A fascinating look at how African influences came to this continent to adapt to, and profoundly change, American
society at large.
Sinful Tunes
and Spirituals
Black Folk Music to the Civil War
May be out of print but are available used or at the library.