Klarinet Archive - Posting 001070.txt from 2003/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jazz mouthpieces
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:46:46 -0400

At 10:33 PM 4/22/2003 -0400, Samantha McDaniel wrote:
>Can anyone recommend some good jazz mouthpieces for clarinet? I plan on
>trying several this summer, and I would like to get an idea of what I
>should try out. Thanks!

Generally speaking, for jazz you use a bit more open mouthpiece and softer
reed for greater projection and flexibility to bend notes. I have been
using a Selmer C85 115, which had a 1.15 tip opening. You could easily go
even bigger, though. Selmer makes a C85 120 also (1.20 tip opening), and I
think the Vandoren 5JB is also more open, and is touted by the company as a
"jazz' mouthpiece.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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