Category Archives: HR* CUSTOM DARK Alto 6
Paul Hughes on the HR* CUSTOM DARK Alto 6
Tony C. on the HR* CUSTOM DARK Alto 6
Carlos Santos on the HR* CUSTOM DARK Alto 6
Qiu Zhong Zhi
“I fell in love with my HR* CUSTOM DARK Alto as soon as I tried it at my first time. It never fails to give me the warm and dark sound I’ve been looking for. With the HR* CUSTOM DARK mouthpiece, I can also play all kinds of styles while still keeping my personal sound. So I’m very glad and proud to be a JodyJazz Artist.”
Jelani Brooks
“I love playing my JodyJazz mouthpieces. They play and sound like no other mouthpiece I’ve ever played. There’s an ease to playing, without sacrificing the body of a sound.”
Susanne Pearce
Jacqui Sutton on the HR* CUSTOM DARK Alto 6 and POWER RING Ligature
Chuck Currie
“Jody Espina has knocked it out of the park again with the new HR* CUSTOM DARK Tenor mouthpiece. After establishing a stellar classical saxophone mouthpiece division using his proprietary CHR Chedeville rubber, he has now used the rubber for a jazz tenor saxophone mouthpiece for the first time. When played softly, it reminds me strongly of the sound of Stan Getz. John Coltrane said “Let’s face it–we’d all sound like that if we could,” and who are we to argue with Trane? When you go for it in a big band or commercial setting, it will stand up to the brass and amplified instruments as well as any mouthpiece out there. I don’t know of any other mouthpiece that can inhabit both those worlds so well. The Chedeville classical mouthpieces Jody designed have made a clean sweep on my Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone, and I told him the HR* CUSTOM DARKS will do the same for my jazz setups. Bravo, Jody, and keep ’em coming!” “The JodyJazz HR* Soprano 5* mouthpiece allows for the rich warm tonal center that pleases me on all single reed mouthpieces, and just adds that slight edge that allows us to cut through the brass when playing with large ensembles. In my opinion the Soprano should never be strident and should have a contained ringing tone (like ALL musical instruments, including the human voice.) The JodyJazz HR* allows for that with great intonation, and can also provide incredible projection. The key to projection is tone, and it is also the key to “in-tone-ation!” All of Jody’s mouthpieces provide a great big tone, and the HR* line can also provide gentleness and beauty.” “The JodyJazz POWER RING is a work of genius. The heavy mass of the ligature lends incredibly rich resonance to the tone, […]
Sylvain Beuf
“I was really impressed with the new HR* Custom Dark Tenor 8*. Its sound is really smooth and it is possible to change intonation according to the energy of my playing. It is an extremely fair and homogeneous mouthpiece. It goes where I want to go, that’s the most important thing to me! For a young musician this may be the time to take a sound color term to the next level. I recommend it to all my students because it brings more confidence. On soprano, the HR 7* model allowed me to find smooth listening and playing sensations – in the studio, these accuracies make the big difference.”
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