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Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:55 pm
by Dsbones
Has anyone spent time playing the JJ model Greg makes?
Re: Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:20 pm
by JeffBone44
Does JJ stand for JJ Johnson?
Re: Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:32 pm
by TromboneMonkey
Yes it's a replica of the Giardinelli JJ Johnson artist model.
Greg Black is also making replicas of the Urbie, Jiggs, Maynard, Kai, and a few other Giardinelli artist models.
They look really cool! I've yet to try one though. I liked the original Giardinelli JW 11 I tried.
Re: Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:40 am
by Monkhouse
TromboneMonkey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:32 pm
Yes it's a replica of the Giardinelli JJ Johnson artist model.
Greg Black is also making replicas of the Urbie, Jiggs, Maynard, Kai, and a few other Giardinelli artist models.
They look really cool! I've yet to try one though. I liked the original Giardinelli JW 11 I tried.
I thought JJ played a King M21 or M31 (can't remember which), or was his deal with Giardinelli later in his career?
Re: Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:00 am
by Doug Elliott
JJ didn't have a "deal" with Giardinelli, any more than Urbie, Jiggs, Maynard, or Kai have "deals" with Greg Black or any other company that names mouthpieces after players. It's marketing, that's all.
Re: Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 2:22 pm
by slidefunk
JJ played a King M21 starting in the 1950s until his death in 2001.
Re: Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:04 pm
by dukesboneman
When I studied with Jiggs and Kai , they both played their Giardinelli Models and sounded great on them.
I owned the Jiggs model , it was just too shallow for me
Worked for him though
Re: Greg Black JJ mouthpiece
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 2:52 am
by Vegasbound
Buddy Morrow also used a giardinelli custom prior to moving Jettone, but most NY based players must have gone to him at sometime back in the day.