"Alex is unlike any music teacher I've had before. While many others stick to the tedium of soulless study pieces and the arduous climb up the music grade ladder, Alex offers an evolving and adaptable teaching scheme that focuses more accurately on what the pupil wants to learn While of course teaching essential playing technique and theory, he encourages his students to guide the learning to cater to pieces or styles they are especially interested in."

"Our lessons often touched on complex music theory, saxophone-related physiology, novel scale exercises, jazz history, musical philosophy and about a million ways of hitting a ii-V-I progression in the space of an hour. However, he was also more than willing to slow down the pace anytime I had initial difficulty in a concept, ensuring I understood him at all times."

"His insistence in doing away with sheet music in favour of learning by ear alone changed the way I thought about music, more deeply involving me in the melody than a shallow recitation of printed notes."

"To anyone serious about developing their jazz improvisational skills I recommend Alex above any other teacher I know."