Seattle native, Jeff Kashiwa knew he was destined to be a musician following his junior high introduction to woodwinds. His instincts were correct. He became known as one of the most compelling young saxophonists in contemporary jazz during his first year with The Rippingtons. Kashiwa performed hundreds of shows all over the world and appeared on many of the band’s classic recordings.
In 2004, Kashiwa founded The Sax Pack, a trio of saxophone headliners, featuring himself, Steve Cole and Kim Waters. The group released two CDs together and charmed audiences with their Rat Pack style reparte’ in tours across the U.S. and abroad.
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For some reason comments is not visible on some your videos Jeff. Must be something yoochoob is doing. I wanted to comment on your testing the nurad wind synth
Hola Jeff. Hope everything goes well for you and your family. Please let me know when you plan to visit the small but beautiful island of Puerto Rico. (For a concert or just as a tourist) . You have a friend in the country of Dorado. Best wishes.
I'm very familiar with Mr. Kashiwa from his days with Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons. This actually has to be one of the first times I've seen him play the flute tho. So, often he's on the tenor or alto sax.
Hi, thank you Jeff. I am a Korean saxophonist who loves your performance. I want to know the microphone and in-ear monitor that you used to record the saxophone.
Hello Hun For this video I used an AKG 414 B-ULS going through a Neve 1073 LB into a Universal Audio x6. The in ear monitors are the Shure e215. Best of luck with your music.
The sax. One of the most popular and loved brass instruments. But it IS a loud instrument. NO way around that. Hard to find a place to practice. Need VERY understanding neighbours. :) I live in a condo. :) A sax player had to go to the park. :) Not often either....might have gotten some complaints even there as the park is flanked by ocndo units. So if he can't prcatice in his condo unit or anywhere in the condo (as no condo wall floor is sound "suppressed") where does he go (or she)?? Practice only the sax shop's "practice rooms" if they have them befor ethe lessons and before the lessons?? Lukily there are these portable "recording studio rooms" one called "The Whisper Room" (different sizes) THe smallest one you could put in a "decent sized" condo unit :)) And not bother anyone. ....which kind of makes the Hybrid Piano's one of the most "suitable" instruments for the home....can put on a pair of headphones and go "silent"...I digress... :) Do love the Custom Z....also the Yanagisawa's WO series....Ymaha has the largest customer care/dealer network....easier to find Yamaha certified technicians ....VS Yahagisawa you usually would hae to see some guy that servies different brands and HOPE he's good at h is job... Are you still a Yamahja man? :)
Almost everything Yamaha makes is great especially their pianos. But I had a Selmer LA Voix tenor that was incredible. Very sadly right when I was woodshedding 5 hrs a day I had to have all my teeth extracted and there went my saxophone career. About the story of my life. Boo hoo.
I read somewhere that John Coltrane was addicted to sweets and candy. He had his teeth pulled and ended up playing with dentures. If that's true maybe you should give it one more shot and see if you can play your horn.
@@dasteufelhund this is a short video, but selmer has a serious sound, I mean the character of the sound. Yamaha can't sound like that. Selmer will have a mystery in the sound. There are no problems with brightness, there are different varnishes on the saxophones. Yamaha gold lacquer is too bright.
@@revisionist3824 I have tried different saxophones and categorically disagree with you. In my opinion, the top of the saxophone world is Conn and Selmer. Conn is the king of the old sound. Selmer can do anything. Yamaha is too bright, too different, no, it doesn't fit. Perhaps a silver yamaha and a good Beechler mouthpiece will be a cool sound, but where will you buy such a mouthpiece? For example, Yanagisawa is not saxophones at all, I'm trying a metaphor to describe the sound, it's like a boomerang among swords. There are no saxophones left in the modern world except Selmer, this sound works, other manufacturers could not find the sound and speculate on inexperienced and confused people. If I were rich, I would buy Conn 6m and Selmer.
I love my 82Z, especially with the V1 neck. Altissimos are much easier for me compared to the early Mark VI I had. I just wish Yamaha would up their game on the engravings
Hi Jefrey, sorry for the slow reply. Dave Kochanski is usually studio bound. He no longer travels with the band, but is very active behind the scenes producing and composing. Supper talented musician!
