Gigbag
04/18/13 By JazzTimes
Saxfiend’s Wall-Mounted Locoparasaxo Saxophone Stand
New product displays horns and keeps them out of harm’s way
04/09/13 By JazzTimes
Godin Guitars’ Montreal Premiere Hollowbody
Montreal Premiere and Premiere Bigsby mark Canadian company’s 40th anniversary
04/07/12 By Evan Haga
New DVD and CD Sets from JodyJazz
Trade choruses with Werner, Garzone, Stern and more using these innovative play-alongs
May 2009 By JazzTimes
Gigbag: May 2009
Get a Tune-Up Ranging from inexpensive handheld gadgets to tuner/metronome combos to compact pedals, the BOSS brand’s line of chromatic tuners has been ubiquitous among guitarists and bassists for years. Brass and woodwind players can now get the precision...
March 2009 By JazzTimes
Gigbag: March 2009
New Wind New in Akai Professional’s EWI series, the most prominent line of wind synths available, is the EWI USB, which combines terrific playability—breath modulation, transposing and octave shifting, pitch bends, a variety of fingering modes and adjustable...
January/February 2009 By Chris Kelsey
Gigbag: January/February 2009
George Garzone’s Tenor Wisdom Virtuoso mouthpiece craftsman Jody Espina expands into the instructional DVD market with The Music of George Garzone & the Triadic Chromatic Approach, a comprehensive presentation of the ideas behind the music of Berklee and...
December 2008
Gigbag: December 2008
From Monder to “Monk’s Mood” New on the bookshelf this month are two unique folios, one a collection of compositions by a great contemporary tunesmith and the other a definitive roundup of must-know melodies. Like the company’s book of Kurt Rosenwinkel transcriptions...
November 2008 By Evan Haga
Gig Bag: November 2008
Are You Experienced? At the second Experience PRS weekend, held at the company’s Maryland factory in September, guitar-industry types and six-string enthusiasts celebrated Paul Reed Smith’s handcrafted gems with cultlike fervor, through new products, clinics...
October 2008
Gigbag: October 2008
Big B3 Book Perfect for both the hardcore Hammond player and the curious listener in need of a good history lesson, Steve Lodder’s Classic Hammond Organ book (Backbeat) covers the must-know B3 masters in soul-jazz, R&B, psychedelia, prog, jam and beyond...
August 2008
Gigbag: August 2008
Cheaper Than Tuition New from NYU Steinhardt and the Artists House Foundation are eight Master Class DVDs featuring Toots Thielemans, Phil Woods, Jimmy and Percy Heath, Hank Jones, Clark Terry, Cecil Taylor, Benny Golson (recorded at Loyola U. in NOLA) and...
