Author: mrn
Date: 2009-12-04 07:39
brycon's right on the money. You only need one mouthpiece, and you don't need a "jazz mouthpiece" to play jazz. I used to play jazz and jazz-like music on a Gigliotti--about as "legit" a mouthpiece as they come. Glisses and changing tone colors are all a function of what you do with your mouth.
That being said, if, as you say, you need a new mouthpiece anyway (because your old one broke or what have you), you might want to try out what I play on. I have an Eddie Daniels (ED1) mouthpiece. Eddie Daniels is, of course, a jazz musician who also plays classical, and this is a classical-style mouthpiece (relatively close facing). I play mostly classical, and I can get a great classical sort of sound on it, but every once in a while I'll play something that requires a gliss or some other kind of jazzy effect. For whatever reason this mouthpiece makes it surprisingly easy to bend pitches and do glisses--much easier than what I used to play on. It's a little more than what you'd probably pay for a Vandoren or Gigliotti, but it's not as expensive as what you'd pay for from a custom mouthpiece craftsman--a nice compromise. Given the different kinds of music you play, you might want to give it a try.
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