"Well Guys, as a working saxophonist. Ive tried them all.. literally... Bergs, Ottos, Labayles, Dukoffs, VIntage and New... They dont even come close.. JJDV7* is the piece that worked without needing refacing, more money, and more chops. It will get you back to playing again.. These mouthpieces are designed to make it happen. I can vouch for that since I lost my main mouthpiece I was never able to find another on like it. Then I came across the JJDV7*. I found my sound... Jody has made the most incredible playing mouthpiece ever...
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"I`ve been playing baritone for many years and have been using a very good custom mouthpiece for some time. For the last eight years I`ve been the baritone player with the Buddy Morrow/Tommy Dorsey band . I`ve always been a section player and because of that my sound and control of the horn in all registers was of prime importance to me and my section leader. Recently I talked to some long time friends that had been using the JodyJazz mouthpiece. I heard good things about the piece from them which prompted me to try one. I couldn`t believe what I was hearing out of my own horn. The sound was incredible if I do say so myself. In all the years I`ve been playing, backing up singers such as Lynn Roberts, Ray Charles, the Temps, Platters, Stevie Wonder, Steve Lippia, Andy Williams, and the incomparable Judy Garland, eight years with the current Tommy Dorsey Orchestra conducted by Buddy Morrow and others too numerous to mention, I can tell you that this is THE mouthpiece to end all mouthpieces. I`m in no way being compensated for this endorsement. I just felt that if I have purchased something as good for my playing as this mouthpiece I should share it with others. Thanks for listening. I`m listening and loving what I hear.
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"Dear Jody and co-workers,
The JodyJazz DV Baritone is another Jody
masterpiece! Simply great! It'll definitely replace my ESP.
Thank you once more very much for all the
excellent work and passion that goes into the
Jody masterpieces and - as important - into all
the kind and careful services that are surrounding them.
With warm regards, yours
"
-Doelf Weder, Gallen Switzerland
"Hi Jody,
I have tested the DV mouthpiece and am very impressed
with it so I have sent the ESP mouthpiece back by airmail yesterday.
The mouthpiece is everything that you said and
more. The sound is fat and strong and what is most impressive is it's ease
articulation and clarity to each note.It the best mouthpiece
I now have.
When I solo it punches through the electrical instruments
and kept up to the tenor sax as far as aggression goes.
I enjoyed playing the Bari before as a secondary horn but now because of
the DV mouthpiece Bari I find that I am getting more requests from fellow
musicians to use the Bari. Thanks again I can
not express how pleased I am with the mouthpiece.
My favorite Tenor mouthpiece I have is the Famous Mouthpiece
and Alto mouthpiece is the Famous Mouthpiece. In
the new year I would like to try
the DV on both of these and compare. "
-Derek Routledge
"
Jody,
I finally got to seriously play your new Jody
Jazz DV Bari Sax Mouthpiece and you are
absolutely right...it actually is better than my Jody Jazz ESP Bari Mouthpiece!
I couldn't put my horn down! I love playing the
new Jody Jazz DV even more then my Jody ESP! This
was a huge surprise to me because for the past 4
years I have been strongly convinced that I could
never find a baritone sax mouthpiece for me that
would ever top my Jody Jazz 120 ESP, and the
thought just occurred to me, I think you have
more REALLY DIFFERING mouthpiece styles and
models for baritone saxophones than anyone else!
When you get old like me your mind wanders off
the subject...especially when you get excited,
the subject being how I like the new Jody Jazz DV
Bari Sax Mouthpiece and what I think of it.
1. It blows VERY free. Like none other. It
is in a class on its own. No one looking for a
professional class baritone saxophone mouthpiece
ought to buy anything until they have at least tried one of these.
2. It has a wide accessible range of tonal
colors you can change easily and comfortably, and
naturally on a dime without needing to swap out
mouthpieces for a brighter or darker tone. I love it!
3. It blows acoustically efficient. People
who play baritone sax on a regular basis will
know what I mean by this. The big baritone
saxophone will naturally work you because it is
massive size and displacement. With the wrong
mouthpiece setup, the Bari sax player can be
blowing their guts out with moderately loud bands
and they will still be buried. But when you have
an "acoustically efficient Bari mouthpiece your
sound projects well without over blowing. Most
important, it projects with a big warm sound
rather than having to go real bright to be
heard. A Jody Jazz DV Bari Sax Mouthpiece with
the correct tip opening and reed strength will
not be the cause of an exhausted baritone sax player.
4. The baffle is just right. Not too bright
not too dark and the baffle design did not mess with intonation.
5. The attention to detail is fantastic! One
thing I love to point out to players as I allow
them to try your mouthpieces is how exacting and
perfect your tolerances are. This is so important
because if something bad happens to a mouthpiece
like it gets damaged, lost or stolen, the player
is not out of the game. It can be replaced! The
replacement Jody will be exactly like the former
one. We both know having a great mouthpiece is
more important to having a great saxophone. I
would rather lose the horn than my JodyJazz
mouthpieces. If I have a good mouthpiece, I can
make any sax sound great. But it will never sound
right if you have a bad mouthpiece on a great sax.
6. Did I tell you how cool the new Jody Jazz
DV Bari Sax Mouthpiece looks on my bari? It is an
Italian thing Jody...everything has to look good too with us Italians.
Good work Jody...you are truly amazing.
"
Jim Scimonetti Sr. - President
Scimonetti Band & Orchestra Instrument Repair Inc.
"Dear Mr. Espina,
Just wanted to check in so you know that I got my DV from Shawna at
Pacific winds Music in Eugene Oregon. I had Hashem, a talented sax
player play it using my Bronze Yanagasawi bari. WOW, now I know what the two can do.
Being probably 50 older than Hashem, my effort
will be considerable less, HOWEVER it is almost impossible for me to
believe that a mouthpiece can make such a difference not just in
sound but in ease of playing and particularly for old arthritic hands
like mine. My joy isn't only in the ease of playing and the sound I
now get but from seeing the approving looks on the faces of the
"young and not so young bucks" in the band I play in. How sweet to
see them enjoying the contribution I am now able to make with this
new mouth piece. One trombone player just cannot believe that a
mouthpiece can make such a difference - BUT IT DOES!
Everything Jim Scimonette Sr. says in his incredible written piece on
your web page is something I would have said - were I a musician and
not just a player of a bari. Reading through it though I simply kept
shaking my head yes, I agree with each of his points.
So to move on, I am so happy I decided to give myself an incredible
birthday present for my 76th birthday. Can't afford it but the joy it
will bring if worth any sacrifice I may have to make. THANK YOU"
-Jean Weakland - Eugene, Oregon