What link?

 

Sorry...here's the link... http://www.947wave.com/listingsEntry.asp?ID=298389&PT=headlines

 

I'm not sure.

You could e-mail him and ask...
Email Richard: mail@richardelliot.com

 

It looks like a Lebayle, but I don't think it actually is. It's interesting to note how his different his tone is, playing on the stage with the mic versus just playing with no mic

 

I don't know if it is still the case, but for many years Richard played on an LASAX silver plated mouthpiece..........I saw him last on the Warren Hill Jazz Cruise in January......nice guy....one of the guys who inspired me to play...

 

OOlufoks, the difference in sound is not just do to the mic, it's all the reverb that's added when you play through a mic into a soundboard, as in PA or recording.

I used to see Richard in the 80s when his solo career was just taking off. He played for free on Sunday afternoons in a bar in Manhattan Beach (LA suburb). My wife and I were there most Sundays since we didn't have a lot of money at the time, and he always had good up and coming musicians in his band. At that time he was playing a Strathon, the plastic mouthpiece with an adjustable baffle. Obviously that's not what he's playing in that video, I just wanted to add onto the mouthpiece history started by Joe Jazz.

 

The first time I saw Richard was many years ago at a place by the water in St. Petersburg. There were perhaps two dozen people there at most. Richard called us "a small but mighty crowd". It was funny because I had seen him walking around earlier wearing a shirt from the restaurant there and I told my wife "look, Richard Elliot is working here as a waiter!". He put on a great show despite the lousy turnout, and we have been fans ever since.....

 

JOEJAZZ, I thought the horn is an LA sax horn but is there really a mouthpiece that's called an LA sax mpc?

What seems even more interesting as far as I know Richard never seem to have any formal training in a university setting. Note in the video clip he refers to "grad school" which was basically his Motown experience.

...yes, he does sound different without all the other electronic "hoopla aaa".


Someone stated they saw Richard in concert recently. According to him, Richard admitted to playing a customized Dukoff!! Seriously, listen to the tone on Metro Blue. It's much different from his previous recordings!!

 

Richard used to play a Strathon and a YTS61, when all his gear was stolen, LA Sax, who was endorsing him outfitted him with new stuff, including the LA Sax mpc... WW&BW carried them the HR were faced by Ralph Morgan, the metal were apparently very good players, I missed getting one on closeout.

if he is anything like players here he probably changes set ups on occasion :lol:

 

It looks like an LA Sax silver mouthpiece. It has the purple bite plate and the reed hangs off the end of the table, just like the one I have. I could be wrong though, as so many of these pieces look alot alike.

 

I forgot about the purple plate! I tried one once from WW&BW, but it just wasn't for me.....

 

Someone spoke to him recently. He admits this is what he plays...it's similar to the Dukoff.

custom LA SAX #7 mouthpiece

 

What type of reed and strength is he currently using?

 

The video is no longer on the site. I'd have been curious to hear him without effects. I haven't really dug his solo playing, but if he was with TOP, he must have something going on.

 

Honestly, I've heard a couple players without effects and they sound crappy...nothing like when their SURE microphones and other electronic gadgetry are attached. In the video he sounds much different from his recordings.

 

Can anyone here repost a new link to the video referred to above? I really would like to hear how he sounds without all of the equipment he uses on stage.

Thanks,