{"id":1346,"date":"2010-04-28T08:19:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T13:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2014-01-16T22:36:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T03:36:52","slug":"drake-vintage-resin-jazz-tenor-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/drake-vintage-resin-jazz-tenor-mouthpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Vintage Resin Jazz Tenor Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece I received in the mail last week from Aaron Drake. Drake mouthpieces have been around for a number of years and Aaron is best known for his Ceramic mouthpieces which I have reviewed here before. Recently, he has updated his website www.DrakeMouthpieces.com<\/a> and come out with a new line of mouthpieces made out of “vintage resin”. Aaron sent me 3 tenor mouthpieces to try:<\/p>\n

VRJT – Jazz Tenor <\/strong>(passaround model)
\nSSJT – Son of Slant <\/strong>(medium chamber)
\nNYJT – NY Jazz tenor<\/strong> (prototype – unbanded)<\/p>\n

This review is of the\u00a0 Jazz model tenor saxophone mouthpiece.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jazz Model
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If you look at the picture of the 3 mouthpieces above, the\u00a0 Jazz model tenor mouthpiece is the mouthpiece in the middle. The beak has a lower profile to it than the Son of Slant mouthpiece that I reviewed. The body of the mouthpiece is also a bit narrower and is similar to the size of his Ceramic mouthpieces. This mouthpiece seems to have a similar baffle and slightly smaller chamber than the Son of Slant mouthpiece.<\/p>\n

This mouthpiece seemed like a cross between the NY Jazz and Son of Slant model.\u00a0 I liked that it was a bit darker than the NY model on the recording but it seemed to have a bit more punch and focus than the Son of Slant model.\u00a0 I decided to play a little of “My One and Only Love” for all 3 mouthpiece clips so you can compare the sounds of each. You can hear that it is a little brighter and more focused than the “Son of Slant” clip but not by a lot. \u00a0 I really felt more comfortable on the lower beak profile of this mouthpiece.\u00a0 I really like this sound clip the best of the 3 because for me it is a bit fatter sounding than the NY but more focused than the Slant model. I like a mix of fatness and focus in my tenor sound.<\/p>\n

For me, all three mouthpiece were great and it is very hard to pick a winner because they each have unique qualities.\u00a0 As I write these reviews and listen to the sound clips I am even more confused about which one I would buy if I bought one…………. I think you could make any of them fit a variety of playing situations but if I was leaning more towards straight ahead playing I would go with the Son of Slant.\u00a0 If I was leaning more towards the Rock and R&B thing but with the ability to play some jazz I would go with the NY.\u00a0 If I wanted a mouthpiece in the middle that could hang on both sides and sound great I would probably go with the Jazz model.\u00a0 Great job Aaron on another great mouthpiece. Visit www.DrakeMouthpieces.com<\/a> for more details and to order a Jazz model to try for yourself.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/images\/mp3\/Drake%20Resin%20Jazz.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece I received in the mail last week from Aaron Drake. Drake mouthpieces have been around for a number of years and Aaron is best known for his Ceramic mouthpieces which I have reviewed here before. Recently, he has updated his website www.DrakeMouthpieces.com and come out with a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":14509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1121,45],"tags":[138,331,330,328,68,265,329],"class_list":{"0":"post-1346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tenor-low-baffle-reviews","8":"category-tenor-mouthpieces","9":"tag-aaron-drake","10":"tag-jazz-model","11":"tag-ny-jazz","12":"tag-son-of-slant","13":"tag-tenor-mouthpiece","14":"tag-tenor-saxophone","15":"tag-vintage-resin","16":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}