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Grammys! We congratulate World Artists Joe Lovano (Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Kids: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola with Hank Jones), Joshua Redman (Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Back East), and Friends Endorser Frank Macchia for their nominations to the 50th Grammy Awards List. The Birth of a New Reed, Alexander N Y  After years of comprehensive planning and intensive testing of prototypes, work on our new reed Alexander N Y has finally been completed and it is now in production! I first started to conceive of the this new model after long and detailed conversations and correspondence with a Jazz legend friend some time ago and after many years of work with live performance feedback from some of our World Artists, I felt it was finally ready for release. What I was after was a reed which captured the "sound of NY", one I remember from childhood after living and hearing live music there. Combined with this concept were some invaluable suggestions from my gracious friend and putting this all together, I hoped to produce a reed with a bit more power and projection, designed for burning solos or modern section work which might also call for more playing in the upper registers. From the very positive responses we received from several of our top endorsers, some of who have actually been using N Y in performance for many months now, we feel that we've added a new color to our tonal universe. This reed, with its redesigned tip and vamp, delivers a big, bold and distinctive tone with an enhanced upper register, a response different from our other models to date. While we don't view it as a replacement for them, it is however a new tonal choice we hope you will find as exciting and compelling as we and our players have. We welcome you to try our new creation, Alexander N Y. Tom Alexander Tokyo, Oct. 2007 A legend in his own time, Ornette Coleman joins the Alexander Reeds Family!: March 2007; Considered by the BBC and other critics to be one of the five great innovators in jazz history after Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, it is a great honor to announce that the revolutionary saxophonist and composer, Ornette Coleman, has just become our latest World Artist. On top of the many other awards Mr. Coleman has already won, we congratulate him on 3 of the highest in the Arts which have also been bestowed on him so far in 2007; a Grammy Nomination for his latest CD Sound Grammar, a Lifetime Grammy Achievement Award , and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize also for Sound Grammar, Mr. Coleman being only the second jazz musician in history to win this distinguished honor.  Joe Lovano releases new CD and and accompanying video scrapbook! :  Joe Lovano has done it again, recorded a CD of music that adds another gem to his unique treasure chest of sound; Streams of Expression . This beautifully conceived and executed CD features Joe reunited with Gunther Schuller (their first collaboration was Rush Hour, Blue Note, 1995) along with an all star ensemble of players, and it will be formally released as his 17th Blue Note Record on August 1, 2006. This work is also accompanied by a very cool video scrapbook which will give you an insight into Joe's vision for the creation of this CD and all I can tell you from seeing it myself is that you'll want to hear more!! Congratulations to one of the first and unwavering believers in our reeds, the great Joe Lovano, who continues to honor us by playing them in his latest work of art and passion. Joshua Redman joins the Alexander Reeds family! : We are proud to announce that the celebrated saxophonist Joshua Redman has now joined us as a World Artist. Naturally it is an honor to have one of the leading proponents in jazz with us now and if you have the fortunate chance to hear him live or in recent recordings you will be treated to a wonderful new sound and feel, with the personal stamp Joshua puts on everything he plays. Shipping
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