John Bleuel
“I admire the overall flexibility, reliable intonation, evenness of sound from top to bottom, and superb altissimo of the Rousseau mouthpiece line. These mouthpieces allow the player to establish her/his own unique voice. As someone who looks to many non-saxophonists as models in trying to obtain “the” sound, the color potential of the Rousseau mouthpieces is very appealing to me. The sound truly has a three dimensional aspect that I don’t hear with other mouthpieces. I have musician’s focal dystonia, and the free blowing nature of the Rousseau mouthpieces lends itself to producing an individual yet characteristic saxophone sound, which makes playing much easier for someone with my condition. The singing quality of these mouthpieces from register to register is unsurpassed.”
Biography:
John Bleuel is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of West Georgia, and currently teaches saxophone and saxophone chamber music at Clemson University. He has performed on the Bridge New Music Series at Lincoln Center, five World Saxophone Congresses, and national and regional meetings of the North American Saxophone Alliance. His arrangements/transcriptions for saxophone quartet and saxophone ensemble are published by Dorn, Saxtet, Jeanne, and Tierolff Music Publications. John Bleuel is a Eugene Rousseau Mouthpiece Artist and a Yamaha Performing Artist.
