I’ve have my Drake NY Jazz alto saxophone mouthpiece for almost 7 years now. It was recommended to my by a fellow musician Charlie Arbelaez (who is a killer saxophonist out in San Diego…www.charliearbelaez.com). I decided to buy one and it has been my main piece ever since. I still have my saxophonist tendencies (buying new mouthpieces just for the heck of it) but regardless of what I get I always return back to the Drake.
While I was in Tokyo a few months ago…I stopped by a store called Wind Bros. in Shibuya. They have a ridiculous inventory of saxophones and mouthpieces. I saw a Claude Lakey piece for 10,000 yen and I thought to myself, why not. I tried one back in college (about 19 years ago) and I couldn’t control it at all…at the time.
So in this video…I do a little comparison of both mouthpieces. Fully realizing that at this point I’m going to sound like myself! Let me know if you hear any differences!