I find that just about any reed works right away on it, and the articulation and altissimo is superb. It blends well in the big band stuff I do (traditional or Zappa!), and has a “fat” Dexter quality and “buzz” to it for acoustic jazz. But maybe most of all for the working musician, you no longer have to reach for that “high baffle” piece for the “loud” part of the club date, as the flexibilty in this Chicago piece can be pushed for as much brightness as needed, while still maintaining the perfect blend of treble and mid range that really give a tenor sound that depth and “bottom end”.
The DV Chicago is the most all around tenor mouthpiece I have played until now. I have played a lot of mouthpieces from different manufactures, only to find one mouthpiece to work well for one horn such as the alto and not the tenor etc… I feel that Jody is a one stop shop for reed players.
And to all off that we can add the extraordinary absolutely “Zen” simplicity design at the same time very effective in all sense ligature called ” The Ring ” also silver plated , I just loved The Ring – My precious 🙂 ! , finally we have a free vibrating and breathing almost speaking reeds. Jody Jazz CHI mouthpiece is pure absolute art and intelligence wisely combined by it’s creator Jody Espina with the pure heart and soul.