In our 6th interview from the NAMM Show 2022, Donna interviewed Joel Pekin and Bob Sheppard, from Retro Revival.

The Retro Revival company is known for their vintage replica mouthpieces, and are committed to making mouthpiece dreams come true by making exact Replicas of the classic mouthpieces from the Golden years, from the highest quality materials, and the finest hand craftsmanship.

Joel Peskin, CEO of Retro Revival and multi-instrumentalist, is also known as iReedMan, and has performed with such diverse artists as Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Albert Collins, Johnny Otis, Frank Zappa, and others.

He’s been on hundreds of studio sessions, and in the early 1980’s played the alto sax solo on the theme song for Entertainment Tonight.

Bob Sheppard, Artistic Director of Retro Revival and also a multi-woodwind instrumentalist, has performed with Herbie Hancock, Billy Childs, Peter Erskine, Steely Dan, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea and others.

Bob has also been on hundreds of studio sessions as well, and is on the faculty of USC Thornton School of Music.

They just came out with their new Tru Six Saxophone.

The link to their full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

We talked about:

🎷What’s special about the new Retro Revival TRU Six Saxophone

🎷 How they improved typical Mark VI intonation problems

🎷 Bob Sheppard demonstrating dynamics

🎷 Ken Beason’s “recipe for Brass”

🎷 Impromptu Jam with Bob & Joel on Tenor Madness

🎷 How Retro Revival started

🎷 Comparison of old mouthpieces and new mouthpieces & how the Masters dealt with it

🎷 And so much more!

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In our 6th interview from the NAMM Show 2022, Donna interviewed Joel Pekin and Bob Sheppard, from Retro Revival.

The Retro Revival company is known for their vintage replica mouthpieces, and are committed to making mouthpiece dreams come true by making exact Replicas of the classic mouthpieces from the Golden years, from the highest quality materials, and the finest hand craftsmanship.

Joel Peskin, CEO of Retro Revival and multi-instrumentalist, is also known as iReedMan, and has performed with such diverse artists as Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Albert Collins, Johnny Otis, Frank Zappa, and others.

He’s been on hundreds of studio sessions, and in the early 1980’s  played the alto sax solo on the theme song for Entertainment Tonight.

Bob Sheppard, Artistic Director of Retro Revival and also a multi-woodwind instrumentalist, has performed with Herbie Hancock, Billy Childs, Peter Erskine, Steely Dan, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea and others.

Bob has also been on hundreds of studio sessions as well, and is on the faculty of USC Thornton School of Music.

They just came out with their new Tru Six Saxophone.

You can read more about Joel and Bob, get info on & order the Tru Six saxophone, and catch some amazing performances on the Retro Revival site.

Here’s the Video:

Links:

Website: https://retro-revival.com/

About Joel Peskin and Bob Sheppard: https://retro-revival.com/pages/about-us

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ireedman/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joelcpeskin

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZrzSlGzMUhI4PL4gtCqAg?view_as=subscriber

 

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The saxophone and jazz communities suffered a HUGE loss on July 21, 2022.

Tim Price, a phenomenal woodwind artist and educator, who has been featured many times on this Podcast in recent years, passed away on that date.

He had been suffering from a brain tumor for many months.

How Donna Met Tim

I had been reading Tim’s articles in the Saxophone Journal for many years, and had gotten to know him over the last 7 years while we met up at the NAMM Show every year in Anaheim, CA.

We jammed together, and often talked about teaching and the state of affairs in jazz music at that time.

Tim’s passing is a HUGE loss for the saxophone and jazz communities.

He would often share his knowledge and teachings on the web over the past few decades.

In 2016, for my (now defunct) BAM Radio Show, I had the honor and pleasure of chatting with Tim Price, world-renowned saxophonist

The theme for this episode is how to teach authentic jazz language, but we also spoke about:

🎷How Tim learned how to improvise “BA”

🎷How he taught his beginner jazz students how to improvise

🎷How to imagine the sound & learn language inflection

🎷Getting a pocket

🎷Who Tim recommends to listen to for listening assignments

🎷Tone advice for Band Directors to improve their students’ saxophone tone (and beginning saxophone players too!)

🎷How to fatten up your sound

🎷 Playing in a saxophone section in jazz band

🎷And more!

 

Here is the video interview with Tim Price:

Please note – this is a slideshow, sharing pictures of Tim and myself and Tim at NAMM over the years…

 

Tim Price’s Bio

Over the years, Tim Price  has had the extreme good fortune to have bands of his own featuring world class stellar players like Lew Tabackin, Bennie Green,Carl Allen, Ray Drummond, Allison Miller and Bill Goodwin.

Tim’s travels have also taken him to New Orleans in September 2004 for a very special “Coltrane Tribute” with Tony Dagradi, and superstar drummer Stanton Moore from the jam band “Galactic”. The Coltrane event as well as the club “Snug Harbor” was SRO !!

As were gigs that Tim played in the East Coast area with his bands with Rachel Z and drummer Bill Goodwin. At this point in time Tim’s career couldn’t be more positive, things are moving in a very positive way.

A Berklee College of Music graduate and one of the country’s foremost woodwind artists, and a performer and educator worldwide..

His stature at the North Sea Jazz Festival couldn’t have been more prestigious with a backup band of Bennie Green on piano, Ray Drummond on bass, and Carl Allen on drums. Tim’s special guest that night at the end of his set was Dutch superstar tenor titan Hans Dulfer.Tim also has been a special guest with Grateful Dead member Bob Weir’s RATDOG.

Tim has played with musicians like Bennie Green, Hans Dulfer, Lew Tabackin, Ray Drummond, Jon Mayer, Greg Bandy, James Gadson, Don Patterson, Billy James, Major Holley, Alan Dawson, Bill Doggett, Jack Mc Duff, Cecil Payne, Richie Cole, Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones, Gary Burton, Doc Severinson, Dr. John, Lew Tabackin, Charlie Mariano, Shirly Scott, Trudy Pitts, Bootsie Barnes, Sonny Stitt, Ernie Krivda, Rachel Z, Larry Young,George Young, Sweet Sue Terry, Greg Piccolo & Super Heavy Juice and Claire Daly.

He’s spent years in the trenches with the big bands of Tommy Dorsey under both Murray McEachern and later Buddy Morrow, Cab Calloway and Harry James. He’s also been part of Ernie Krivda’s Fat Tuesday big band. Tim’s bassoon has been a part of the Lawrence “...

The saxophone and jazz communities suffered a HUGE loss on July 21, 2022.

Tim Price, a phenomenal woodwind artist and educator, who has been featured many times on this Podcast in recent years, passed away on that date.

He had been suffering from a brain tumor for many months.

How Donna Met Tim

I had been reading Tim’s articles in the Saxophone Journal for many years, and had gotten to know him over the last 7 years while we met up at the NAMM Show every year in Anaheim, CA.

We jammed together, and often talked about teaching and the state of affairs in jazz music at that time.

Tim’s passing is a HUGE loss for the saxophone and jazz communities.

He would often share his knowledge and teachings on the web over the past few decades.

In 2016, for my (now defunct) BAM Radio Show, I had the honor and pleasure of chatting with Tim Price, world-renowned saxophonist.

The link to the full tribute episode, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

We talked about:

• 🎷How Tim learned how to improvise “BA”
• 🎷How he taught his beginner jazz students how to improvise
• 🎷How to imagine the sound & learn language inflection
• 🎷Getting a pocket
• 🎷Who Tim recommends to listen to for listening assignments
• 🎷Tone advice for Band Directors to improve their students’ saxophone tone (and beginning saxophone players too!)
• 🎷How to fatten up your sound
• 🎷 Playing in a saxophone section in jazz band
• 🎷And more!

Jody Espina is the founder, president, owner, and designer of JodyJazz Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces.

In 2018, JodyJazz acquired Chedeville and Espina and redesigned the entire line of Clarinet and Saxophone Mouthpieces while using all of the best elements of Chedeville’s glorious past mouthpieces.

In 2020, JodyJazz Acquired the famous Rousseau Music Products.

Jody Espina is a highly regarded jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist with a unique and personal sound and is also a respected jazz educator.

The link to his full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

We talked about:

🎷 Introducing the new Hand-Hammered Rose Gold Saxophone Mouthpiece

🎷 New Hand-Hammered Power Ring

🎷 New additions to the Rousseau line for Classical saxophonists

🎷 New HR Custom Dark Baritone Saxophone mouthpiece 

🎷 New Saxophonists; which is the best all-around mouthpiece 

If you want to keep the great interviews coming…

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Patrons play a huge role in helping to defray the costs of storing each episode’s video and audio, and producing and hosting the show.

And, with their small monthly donation of $2 or more, they help keep the great interviews coming. If you want to become a patron and support the show, head on over to our PATREON site.

Jody Espina is the founder, president, owner, and designer of JodyJazz Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces.

In 2018, JodyJazz acquired Chedeville and Espina and redesigned the entire line of Clarinet and Saxophone Mouthpieces while using all of the best elements of Chedeville’s glorious past mouthpieces.

In 2020, JodyJazz Acquired the famous Rousseau Music Products.

Jody Espina is a highly regarded jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist with a unique and personal sound and is also a respected jazz educator.

We talked about:

🎷 Introducing the new Hand-Hammered Rose Gold Saxophone Mouthpiece

🎷 New Hand-Hammered Power Ring

🎷 New additions to the Rousseau line for Classical saxophonists

🎷 New HR Custom Dark Baritone Saxophone mouthpiece

🎷 New Saxophonists; which is the best all-around mouthpiece

You’ll definitely want to also watch the video for this!

LINKS:

Website: https://jodyjazz.com/

Jody Espina Bio: https://jodyjazz.com/jody-espina-biography/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jodyjazzofficial

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JodyJazzInc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jodyjazzinc2

 

If you want to keep the great interviews coming…

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Patrons play a huge role in helping to defray the costs of storing each episode’s video and audio, and producing and hosting the show.

And, with their small monthly donation of $2 or more, they help keep the great interviews coming. If you want to become a patron and support the show, head on over to our PATREON site.

 

In this episode, I interviewed Four time Grammy® Award-nominee, world-renowned jazz organist and Saxophonist, Joey DeFrancesco.

He has more than 30 recordings as a leader under his belt, and has recorded and/or toured with his own groups as well as numerous renowned artists that include Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Diana Krall, Nancy Wilson, David Sanborn and many more.

DeFrancesco has received countless Jazz Journalist Association awards and other accolades worldwide, including being inducted into the inaugural Hammond Organ Hall of Fame in 2014, the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame in 2016 as well as topping the Critics Polls in DownBeat Magazine eleven times over the past fifteen years and the Readers Polls every year since 2005.

DeFrancesco also hosts a weekly program on SiriusXM Radio’s Real Jazz channel titled “Organized.”

More Music, due out September 24, via Mack Avenue Records, is “more” in every conceivable way. It offers up ten new DeFrancesco originals, brought to life by a scintillating new trio. And the master organist, who has long supplemented his keyboard virtuoso with his skilled trumpet playing, here brings out his full arsenal: organ, keyboard, piano, trumpet, and, for the first time on record, tenor saxophone.

DeFrancesco is endorsed by Jody Jazz

We talked about:

The New JodyJazz hand-hammered mouthpiece and power ring ligature

The tip opening size Joey uses on his mouthpieces

Upcoming projects for Joey

You can catch the video here:

LINKS:

Website: https://www.joeydefrancesco.com/

JodyJazz endorser site: https://jodyjazz.com/endorser/joey-defrancesco/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joey_DeFrancesco/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoeyDeFrancescoFanPage

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe9T822cCm-rd088AMCylKQ?view_as=subscriber

All of the Live at NAMM Show 2022 episodes are sponsored by Legere Reeds

 

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Patrons play a huge role in helping to defray the costs of storing each episode’s video and audio, and producing and hosting the show.

And, with their small monthly donation of $2 or more, they help keep the great interviews coming. If you want to become a patron and support the show, head on over to our PATREON site.

 

In this episode, I interviewed Four time Grammy® Award-nominee, world-renowned jazz organist and Saxophonist, Joey DeFrancesco.

He has more than 30 recordings as a leader under his belt, and has recorded and/or toured with his own groups as well as numerous renowned artists that include Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Diana Krall, Nancy Wilson, David Sanborn and many more.

DeFrancesco has received countless Jazz Journalist Association awards and other accolades worldwide, including being inducted into the inaugural Hammond Organ Hall of Fame in 2014, the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame in 2016 as well as topping the Critics Polls in DownBeat Magazine eleven times over the past fifteen years and the Readers Polls every year since 2005.

DeFrancesco also hosts a weekly program on SiriusXM Radio’s Real Jazz channel titled “Organized.”

More Music, due out September 24, via Mack Avenue Records, is “more” in every conceivable way. It offers up ten new DeFrancesco originals, brought to life by a scintillating new trio. And the master organist, who has long supplemented his keyboard virtuoso with his skilled trumpet playing, here brings out his full arsenal: organ, keyboard, piano, trumpet, and, for the first time on record, tenor saxophone.

DeFrancesco is endorsed by Jody Jazz.

The link to his full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

All of the Live at NAMM Show 2022 episodes are sponsored by Legere Reeds

We talked about:

• the New hand-hammered JodyJazz mouthpieces and ligatures
• upcoming projects
• and more!

If you want to keep the great interviews coming…

Did you know you can get a complete listing of all our shows, as well as Bonus videos and searchable transcripts? All you need to do is become a Patron!

Patrons play a huge role in helping to defray the costs of storing each episode’s video and audio, and producing and hosting the show.

And, with their small monthly donation of $2 or more, they help keep the great interviews coming. If you want to become a patron and support the show, head on over to our PATREON site.

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Jeff Antoniuk has such an interesting background, having been born in Canada, and growing up in Nigeria.

He’s performed with Tim Hagans, Sherrie Maricle, Ingrid Jensen, Walt Weiskopf and Marcus Miller. He has fronted his own bands as a performer and composer, winning accolades from JazzTimes Magazine.

Jeff is a well-respected educator, and currently is the Founder and Director of JazzWire, an online service that offers lessons and community for adult jazz students.

He started the Maryland Summer Jazz Camp 19 years ago, now called the JazzWire Jazz Summer Summit and now available not only in-person, but online as well at https://jazzwiresummit.com/

The last time I spoke Jeff was also at the NAMM Show 2020, right before COVID shut everything down.

This is the 3rd episode in our Live at NAMM 2022 Show series. NAMM stands for National Association of Music Merchants, and they usually have 2 large shows/conventions every year. This year was just once in Anaheim CA in June.

All of the NAMM Show 2022 episodes are sponsored by Legere Reeds, and today’s guest recently made the switch to Legere Reeds.

In this episode, we talked about:

🎷 How Jeff made the switch to Legere Reeds

🎷 The tip he shares to soften a Legere Reed

🎷 How ReedGeek’s tool can help alter a Legere Reed

🎷 Jeff’s everyday ritual 😂

🎷 What Jeff did during COVID that has benefitted his community now

🎷 JazzWire Jazz  Summer Summit

🎷 The Tool, JackTrip, and how Jeff is integrating it into JazzWire

🎷 How technology will expand in 2, 5 years and how to embrace it

🎷 What’s coming up in 2022 for Jeff

 

LINKS:

Episode 80 with Jeff Antoniuk: https://saxophonepodcast.com/ep-080-jeff-antoniuk/

JazzWire: https://www.jazzwire.net/

Summer Jazz Summit 2022: https://jazzwiresummit.com/

 

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