IS THERE SUCH THING AS A JAZZ TRUMPET MOUTH PIECE

In the trumpet world, there are millions upon millions of mouthpieces made, from a variety of sizes, cup depth, diameter of rim, bore size, etc, etc, etc...

There is no one perfect "jazz trumpet mouthpiece" known to man. Everybody is different, and mouthpiece preferences vary extremely. But jazz trumpet players use mostly small mouthpieces because the range you have to play is much more extreme than if you would play in an orchestra. One, I emphasis ONE, of the best mouthpieces out there to play jazz are these: http://www.marcinkiewicz.com/main.htm - they come in a variety of sizes, so you can check out for yourself. Otherwise, go on Ebay, as some mouthpieces there are really cheap (as in price; quality is up to you). There are millions of other websites that sell mouthpieces, so happy hunting!

Hope this helps.

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the onlt mouth piece i use for playing my trumpet is a 5c.

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Let me rephrase a few points: yes there is no one perfect mouthpiece, but the term "mouthpiece", in general, is an umbrella term for "jazz trumpet" mouthpiece. Technically, there is no "jazz trumpet" mouthpiece because almost all mouthpieces are built around the same concepts. A french horn mouthpiece is called a french horn mouthpiece because it was built specifically for that instrument. Same with a flugel horn mouthpiece. Its called that way because the flugel is different from a standard Bb trumpet. Do any modifications you want, or give it whatever auxiliary name - its still just called a mouthpiece (trumpet mouthpiece, to be precise).

I play a Bobby Shew Jazz mouthpiece, designed by him alongside yamaha to create a nice MP designed for jazz playing, similar to a bach 3C, can get a nice dark mellow jazz sound but will brighten u a little if you push it.

there are generally two types of 'jazzers' your lead jazz players who love there high notes, nice big bright sound- they tend to play on a shallow mouthpiece, personally I use Allan Vizzutti's yamaha mouthpiece for lead as its nice and shallow. although many lead players uses a 3C/yam14b4 for lead playing!

Then you have the mellow, lyrical soloistic jazz lines, these sorts of players will play a much bigger MP to get that mellow tone.


depending on who you are, what you want to achieve and what your teacher says will depend on getting a new MP. if your a pro then you probably wouldnt be asking this, so im guessing your in school/college whatever and my advice would be to talk to your teacher. if you want a jazz sound listen to some good jazz trumpeters and try and copy there sound.