Nikolay Kasakov The Saxophonist from the City of Düsseldorf / Germany
I, Nikolay Kasakov, was born on 16th of December 1975 in the city of Togul in western Siberia / Russia.
From my early childhood I was inspired by the cultural, artistic, and musical environment in which I was bord. My inclination towards music was pervaded by my parents and brother and has incarnated by my Piano class at the age of six and furthered by singing classes up to my thirteenth years of age. Ultimately, at the age of sixteen, I have discovered my passion for saxophone.
At that period of my young life, I was honoured many times by awards granted by “Siberia’s Young Talents” contest recognising my comprehensive musical performance and experiences which laid the foundation for my studies of “Saxophone” and “Clarinet” from 1991 to 1996 at the conservatoire in the city of Barnaul, and “Classic Saxophone” at the state university.
While studying and thereafter, up to 1999, I was engaged by city orchestra
In this comparison the Selmer sounded best to me. It had a lot more mid range body to it without losing the ability to play with volume. All three great though. Pretty playing 👍
In my opinion, the buffet in live performance has a more expressive and charismatic sound. Recently, I've also come to enjoy the sound of Selmer; perhaps in live performance, the buffet sounds even more presentable, but it's not noticeable in recordings. Yanagisawa is a workhorse instrument for those who don't want to fuss around or search for something unusual; Yanagisawa is an excellent instrument.
The Selmer have a complex sort of "zing" to it, the Buffet have a brighter or more responsive core I think but less complex a sound. I wondered which is your personal favourite?
Have been playing a YTS 61 since 74 and with my Brilhart Levelair Metal mouthpiece, a 6 by the way, I have no problem with making it sound sultry and smooth and sassy! But am also looking to potentially retire that old beauty and will either step up to a Black Lacquer 82Z or go with a Rampone and Cazzani Two Voices Tenor Sax to replace it! The sultriness and smoothness that is produced is more dependent upon the person playing the sax, not the sax itself!! I use Metal mouthpieces for the clarity and brilliance of the sound produced, rather than sounding like your playing a sax full of mud! No real clarity and everything is muddled! And I play a Plasticover 3.5 reed on my tenor, Alto, Soprano and Bari! And Metal mouthpiece on them all!!
