Michael Brecker

In 1987 he featured his new solo album at the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, incorporating the Akai EWI 4000s.

Also find this performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOEF7f2HGoE

Early in his career, Brecker played a Selmer Super Balanced Action saxophone, later moving from the older model to its successor, the Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone (serial number 86xxx, manufactured in 1960) as his main instrument[6] using a customized Dave Guardala mouthpiece.[7] His earlier mouthpieces included a metal Otto Link STM (during the mid-1970s) and a metal Dukoff in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As for reeds, Michael used LaVoz Medium (#3) brand (cut from arundo donax -- "Giant" or "Spanish" reed.)

In 1985-86 he works on the conception of a metal tenor mouthpiece. He creates some resin’s prototypes and flies back to New York. There he meets players like David Liebman, Michael Brecker, Billy and Glen Drewes, Steve Slagle, Gary Smulian, Ralph Lalama, Dick Oats and shows them the results of his work. During the same period, he meets contemporary music French flautist Pierre-Yves Artaud, researcher at the French institute “Ircam”. He’s invited to present his work on the flute head-joint for a Jean-Pierre Rampal master class at Artaud’s conservatory in Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris).

Dave Guardala Michael Brecker Mark I Tenor mouthpiece

Guardala Mouthpiece without ligature, cap and leatherbag: silverplated ... This mouthpiece combinates the “ Florida “ sound with the Modern Design of the Guardala Mouthpieces. ... MB (M.Brecker Mark I) (available only Handmade and LIMITED): This model is the exact replica of the mouthpiece that Michael Brecker used

Another reference: https://www.saxophone.org/museum/mouthpieces/model/244

Michael Brecker Tenor Mark VI (serial 86,XXX) Guardala Brecker Model Guardala #2

Michael Brecker On LaVoz Reeds

D'Addario Woodwinds Published on Feb 11, 2009 Michael Brecker On LaVoz Reeds