Inside the saxophone and the clarinet

Three things that stand out from the record to us.

A Tokyo-based saxophonist, teacher, and YouTuber sits down with four Syos mouthpieces and gives his unfiltered take on each one.

A look at one of the standout sessions from Live from Emmet's Place, featuring Syos artists Patrick Bartley on alto and Tivon Pennicott on tenor. The band performs Jimmy Heath's "Big P," with each saxophonist taking a different approach to the same tune.

We released a titanium mouthpiece this year. It is called In a SentiMETAL Mood, and it was the first 3D printed titanium mouthpiece SYOS has ever made. Only 100 were produced. This article walks through what the mouthpiece is, how it was made, and what we were chasing in the sound.

Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, talks about her path to the saxophone, her love of Syos mouthpieces, and her new spoken-word jazz album INSOMNIA AND SEVEN STEPS TO GRACE.

A shift from an 8* to a 7* mouthpiece leads to easier response, improved intonation, and a broader conversation around effort, endurance, and what players actually need from their setup.

The saxophone has become a recurring presence in internet memes, appearing across viral clips, performances, and edits.

Across the twentieth century, the saxophone in film soundtracks came to carry a fixed set of meanings, tied to crime, seduction, and urban nightlife. This article traces how that identity formed, peaked, fell out of favour, and where the instrument is starting to reappear today.

This article highlights a selection of American female saxophonists whose artistry helped shape jazz and expand the expressive possibilities of the instrument across generations.