Amsterdam Winds - new website: Heidinga Saxophone necks

“Van Tokio tot aan New York: de saxofoons van Amsterdammer Friso Heidinga (49) gaan de hele wereld over. Ook Candy Dulfer is fan. Waarom willen al die jazzgrootheden een saxofoon uit Durgerdam?
Friso Heidinga gooit nog een blok hout op de kachel in zijn werkplaats aan de Durgerdammerdijk, uitkijkend op Vuurtoreneiland. Er klinkt jazzmuziek uit de speakers. “Zo,” zegt hij. “Waar beginnen we?”...

”In the past 35 years as a touring artist newly made instruments in my opinion never met the quality of the great old instruments.
Therefore I have never before endorsed newly made necks or saxophones.
This time it’s different. This superbly handmade neck by Friso Heidinga has surpassed my expectations in every way....

During the process of building our new tenor saxophone which took many years we were assisted by the  some of the best tenor players. They shared their valuable input from which we learned a lot. One of them is our fried Ben van den Dungen. Ben came...

Amsterdam Free Wind saxophone player Will Vinson just released his 8th album. Featuring five different pianists, each a contemporary heavyweight on the instrument, as well as five different sets of rhythm sections.
A close relationship to the tradition of the instrument defines Vinson’s playing as much as the fearless and unapologetic manner with which he searches for his own voice within the genre. This search never comes at the cost of the instinctiveness of...