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I was listening to Balek by Marc Moulin, and really liked the bright tone of the soprano (or maybe alto?) sax that was soloing: 20 second solo excerpt

Would any StackExchangians know a good alto/soprano reed/mouthpiece/ligature combo to sound like this? Any help is greatly appriciated!

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I'm 99% sure that's an alto. Unfortunately for your question, I'm primarily a classical player and don't have any specific mouthpiece suggestions. I can tell you that you are looking mostly for a mouthpiece, along with a ligature and reed that will work on that mouthpiece. I just can't tell you which mouthpiece. – Andrew May 22 '12 at 23:01

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I'm actually fairly certain that's a soprano horn (long time alto player myself). I'd have a hard time guessing what mouth-piece / reed combination would produce that on a soprano, but you can get something similar on an alto with a good thick reed (4 maybe?) and a hard rubber mouth piece. You could also check out things like the spoiler here (check the video):

If you want a really razzy sound, I've found a metal mouthpiece with a fiberglass reed does the best trick (although it takes a hellish amount of time to master the dynamics on that reed).

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