The Brahma Soprano from Theo Wanne marks an evolution of the traditional small chamber soprano saxophone mouthpiece. Brahma takes the fundamental features of those types of mouthpieces, such as a small chamber and flat side-walls, and updates them with new design technologies. The Brahma has a flat sidewall that “twists” into the chamber and a Small-Stadium-Chamber that provides tremendous projection. These features allow the Brahma to do it all, from ballads to jazz to rock ’n’ roll, with a large, dark, vintage-like core sound.
In Jazz Big Band for the Modern Drummer (Hal Leonard), author Ulysses Owens Jr. explains how to authentically support a jazz big band with authority, confidence and finesse. The book includes 15 recreated drum charts that Owens —a Grammy-winning drummer, producer and educator — has used on his own albums, as well as audio tracks where he demonstrates the grooves and patterns being taught.
