sal nistico

Tenor trades with Eric Dixon(?) -- check out Sal's articulation -- YOIKS!! (This must be the Western New York edition of the Count Basie Big Band -- Buffalo's own Sam Noto -- A BEAST! -- is back there on trumpet...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX1HPIJwKCo

I've been reading about Sal on this forum lately. I was wondering if any of his former students could tell me if he had any specific exercises for sound, like long tones, etc., and if he ever talked about his saxophone sound or getting a good saxophone sound in general. Any tidbits or...