Ep 077 - Jody Espina; Founder, president and designer of JodyJazz Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces

Jody Espina is the founder, president and designer of JodyJazz Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces. He is a highly regarded Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist with a unique and personal sound and is also a respected Jazz educator. He has taught in High Schools and Colleges in the United States and Spain, but because of the tremendous success of his mouthpieces, had to give up full-time teaching to devote all his time to his company. Jody still gives Master Classes and Clinics all over the world on subjects such as sound production, practice techniques and improvising.  Jody has done studio work, performed in the pit Orchestras on Broadway, and performed live with artists such as Mel Torme, Milton Berle, Lew Soloff, Dave Douglas and many others. He studied mouthpiece design with the legendary Santy Runyon for many years. JodyJazz.com enjoys the highest rating among saxophone mouthpiece companies on the World Wide Web (as rated on Alexa.com). As a player, Jody knows the importance of intimately knowing the products that he is making and selling that is why in addition to Jody, the JodyJazz crew includes three working professional recording saxophonists. The link to his full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website. In this interview, we talked about:  The 20th Year Celebration Platinum DV limited edition series mouthpieces New products out for 2020 Who the new HR Dark Saxophone mouthpiece is best for A new acquisition that is huge for the JodyJazz company And so much more Support the Show! And get awesome behind-the-scenes footage not shared anywhere else! Check out our Patreon site today 🎷