Purchased 3 years ago and kept as I tried out others. I used this to compare. JJ, CE winds, Drake, Theo, Navarro, 10mfan, Otto, I know, I had a problem. If wanting a bright pop sound this may not work, although when pushed the upper notes cut well. If looking for a dark jazz piece this may not work, but the bottom end on this is hard to beat. Easy to play but you can shape the sound. Response is great and workmanship is right up there with the others mentioned. Vandoren M/O fits like a glove. Using Vandoren V16s, Rigotti Gold's for a brighter sound, and D'Addarios with great results. I also use a Retro Revival super D that I love, but this D'Addario is right there with it...depends on what music.

This mouthpiece isn't anything super special. The medium chamber provides a lot of flexibility between tonal qualities. There isn't a very defined baffle which does not limit or change the direction the player's air has to flow. The facing is pretty medium and allows for a wide variety of reed cuts and strengths to be used with ease. Tip openings work well within a 1-1 1/2 between different reed strengths. The rails are pretty consistent. I've owned a few in different tip openings for each horn over the years and have never had issues with asymmetry or thickness. It's not a very specialized mouthpiece which allows for a wide range of styles and uses for this piece, it's my go to in all my non-classical playing, but I would still even be comfortable using it with my classical embouchure if I was in a jam. With such a wide range of uses for such an affordable price, it's really just perfect for any level of saxophone player.

This was my first jazz mouthpiece on Tenor and I am not disappointed. This mouthpiece gives you a focused and powerful sound with a medium dark tone. The only thing that could make it better would be if subtones on the low notes were a little easier and if the mezzo piano range was better. This mouthpiece performs its best at it's loudest. This mouthpiece is great for a soloist in a Jazz Band, Big Band, or Rock Band. This mouthpiece also works great for marching band. I pair this with Vandoren Java Red 2.5s.

This could be a great mouthpiece for a student or rock musician; it projects well and blows very freely. However, the sound is consistently thin and bright; I can't imagine using it in a jazz or pit setting. I could not get it to subtone or blend, despite many reed types and strengths.

I've been playing a standard Otto Link Tone Edge and wanted something with just a little more actual edge. This was a little bit brighter than I wanted, but it's a great mouthpiece. I tried a 6, which is a bit bigger than the 5* Link I've been playing, but this was still very easy to play through the whole range. It projects very well and is very easy to control. If I could afford to keep it and the mouthpiece I settled on, I definitely would. I ordered a blemished one, but I couldn't tell you what the blemish was, unless it was just uneven printing of the ink or something. The finish of the mouthpiece itself was excellent. I ended up keeping an Otto Link Vintage Series ("Slant Signature") because it was easier to get that 1930s quality that I was looking for. The Select Jazz would definitely be better for anything slightly more modern, and for being heard over other instruments. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a medium-bright, flexible hard rubber mouthpiece.

I am coming from an expensive, boutique all handcrafted mouthpiece, and this thing surpasses that mouthpiece in all regards. This feels like a handmade, boutique mouthpiece at less than half the cost. It is extremely flexible at all dynamic levels, in all registers for all styles of commercial music (obviously this shouldn't be used for classical music). I have landed on my new primary mouthpiece, and I am in love!

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Like most players I have been buying and trying different pieces, then selling the ones that do not work. Not that they are bad pieces, just not what works for what I am trying for. WWBW had these on sale, picked up an eight and it is great. Workmanship is better than some of the high end pieces I have gone through. Seals well. Side rails are on the thin side along with the tip rail...they are perfect! Using the Vandoren Optimum ligature. I find it easy blowing, but I like some back pressure. Usually with free blowing pieces you may have trouble shaping the sound of the note, but this piece can change. Response is wonderful in the low end, and highs are not thin. Overtones work, intonation is good, above high F...no problem. Have not played it with a band, wonder about it having enough volume, but then other times it seems to roar pretty good. Have used Rigotti Queen 3, Vandoren ZZ 3 and D'Addario select 3s...all work well and have enough edge and cut to the sound. I read where the 8s have a slightly longer facing (25mm) than the 7s and 6s (24mm). Seems to make reeds feel weaker. May see a step up to 3 1/2 in the future? I will be selling another piece soon...but this Select Jazz is a keeper. Anyone looking for a quality piece at a price like these are listed at should try one out.

Great mouthpiece, it's very free blowing and has an amazing tone to it. I've only played through it a couple times and it'll occasionally squeak but I've tracked that to the reed and not the mouthpiece.

I had been playing a Guy Hawkins metal mouthpiece that I bought in 1979. Yes, my mouthpiece was that old. On the advice of a sax repair guy, I researched and bought this mouthpiece, and it has made a world of difference. My tone has different options because I can play loudly or softly with less effort. My lows all the way to the Bb are easy, so that those notes are a part of my every day note choices. Overtones are much easier, so after all this time playing I'm finally starting to study notes up over the top of the horn.