"The Nearness Of You" compilation played on five vintage Otto Link mouthpieces

[sugasugaki]

Love the comparisons. With the natural spread to your sound I like the Early Babbitt the most. The other thing is in the triplet runs I think more articulation (esp an attack on the first of the triplets) would give it more impact--sounds like you're slurring all of them.

[mrpeebee1]

@sugasugaki - Thanks for your comment! I agree about the slurring. One reason is that I'm only an intermediate player that doesn't play a lot. Another reason is that I normally play a 10* mouthpiece, which is heavy to control. The smaller tip mouthpieces are played with a harder reed than I normally use and I don't play-test a lot before hidding the record button. It would be better to adjust my embrouchure more to the other playing conditions, but I just don't have the time for that.

[luksaxtenor]

Great stuff!

[mrpeebee1]

@luksaxtenor - Thanks!