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<\/a><\/p>\nAizen NY Jazz 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece (If you click on the pic it will enlarge) This is the description from the Aizen website:<\/p>\n “With its signature rounded side wall and roll-over baffle, the AIZEN NY offers the very finest a musician can want from a jazz saxophone mouthpiece–rich, vibrant sound and full, glossy tone…outstanding responsiveness and projection.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Having fine-combed through the best of the best in vintage saxophone mouthpieces, AIZEN brought its specialized skills and finest craftspeople to bear.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The result was the AIZEN NY, combining top of the range hand-finishing with the vintage mouthpiece sound reborn.” <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This is the first of the three that I tried.\u00a0 Now I have to be honest, when I first tried this mouthpiece I thought it was pretty lame.\u00a0 It didn’t sound great and the response was awful.\u00a0 I was ready to put it back in the box but then I started thinking.\u00a0 When I put the mouthpiece on it was really loose on the cork but as I pushed it on it got tighter.\u00a0 I’ve noticed in the past that when the mouthpiece is too large for the end of the cork that this can sometimes\u00a0 effect the sound and response of the mouthpiece.\u00a0 I decided to wrap the end of the cork with a few strips of paper and put the mouthpiece on for another try.\u00a0 This time it was nice and tight.\u00a0 Guess what? \u00a0 It played great.\u00a0 Fabulous.\u00a0 I actually loved it.\u00a0 I was\u00a0 surprised by how big a change occurred.<\/p>\n Like all Aizen mouthpieces, it looks great.\u00a0 The rails and tip look terrific and the chamber and baffle are nice and smooth.\u00a0 I did notice on this one mouthpiece that the tip didn’t match my Woodstone reed tip at all.\u00a0 (Aizen was nice enough to send me a few boxes of Woodstone reeds to try…….it’s for another blog article but…..they were awesome!)\u00a0 It had a different curve to it.\u00a0 I’m not sure why,\u00a0 the other two mouthpieces that came had tips that perfectly matched the reed shape.<\/p>\n As far as sound you can judge for yourself from the recording.\u00a0 My thoughts were that it had a brighter rich sound to it.\u00a0 Kinda vintage Meyerish to me.\u00a0 Up top it really seemed to sing to me and down low it had a nice character to the notes.\u00a0 One thing I have loved about the Aizen’s I have tried is the resistance they have.\u00a0 Resistance can be a bad thing but I have learned over the years that it can also be a great thing.\u00a0 With just a bit of resistance in the mouthpiece you have something to push against and\u00a0 work with.\u00a0 The slightest change of tongue,throat or embouchure manipulates the sound.\u00a0 With resistance I feel like there is more sound and core to work with.\u00a0 You’ll hear on the recording how I do more bending of the notes.\u00a0 That is because of that resistance.\u00a0 I feel like I can bend the tar out of notes.\u00a0 It’s a great feeling because I feel like I can be more expressive and emotional while I play.\u00a0 The notes seemed to have a texture and character to them that I many time miss in other mouthpieces.<\/p>\n I had a ton of fun playing this mouthpiece.\u00a0 Some mouthpieces I really have to work hard to interact with,\u00a0 this one was easy and I felt like I could go out and play it on a gig tonight.\u00a0 The intonation was normal for my sax.\u00a0 Nothing out of the ordinary in that regard.\u00a0 The tone seemed more focused than fat to me.\u00a0 Great for the straight ahead thing or a bebop head.\u00a0 The flexibility made it workable for a very bluesy sound maybe even R&B……..<\/p>\n Aizen NY Jazz 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Give a listen to the sound clip below to hear for yourself what these mouthpieces sound like. \u00a0 If you are interested in trying one of these visit Aizen’s website<\/a> for more information.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks again to Aizen for letting me try another great mouthpiece.\u00a0 Please let me know what you think below in the comments…………….<\/p>\n
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