Category Archives: HR* CUSTOM DARK Tenor 8*
Oct
“Wow! Jody is truly a master, your mouthpieces are all great, they play easy, with power, evenness, and beauty.”
Apr
“My HR* CUSTOM DARK tenor mouthpiece can really sing! I have always steered towards a dark tone and finding a mouthpiece that was designed to enhance this aspect of my playing has really given me the chance to take my sound to the next level. I also use a DV NY on my baritone; this mouthpiece is something special and has changed my entire perception of metal mouthpieces, which I have always tried to move away from. The interplay between the darkness and the response is something I haven’t experienced before.”
“I got a chance to play the new Dark piece… smokin’!
I loved the focus, warmth and evenness throughout the range of the horn.”
“I tried the Jody Jazz HR Custom Dark 8* tenor piece that Arnie Krakowsky got from you and I thought it was great!
I loved the dark sound and how free blowing it was, I also dug the POWER RING ligature that was with it!
It reminded me of an old Link that I bought 60 years ago. I was a teenager, and an older cat that I respected,
said to me, “we don’t play a mouthpiece that is so open in the sax section”. (I don’t remember the facing but it was a very free- blowing piece!)
I was young, so I returned the piece and have regretted it ever since!
When I played your piece that memory came back to me.”
“This HR* CUSTOM DARK is knocking me out….!!!!! Love it. Lew Del Gatto fell in love with it also. This model will be a huge success for you.”
Jan
“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.”
Nov
“I enjoy playing JodyJazz mouthpieces because they allow me to play through the full range of the instrument without giving up my sound, projection or tone quality. It matters not whether I’m playing a lullaby to one of my daughters or trying to fill up a concert hall, this mouthpiece has me prepared for the task at hand. The low end is full and warm and the altissimo is precise and in tune; not shrill like some other pieces I’ve played in the past.”