Description
The Legends JT RR P is based on a vintage Roy Roman Personal mouthpiece. Trumpet players familiar with Roy Roman regard him as a true legend in the upper register. A man devoted to his faith, his trumpet range reached heavenly heights! With a generous inside rim diameter of .670″, this mouthpiece is good for players with thick lips who need a little chop room but still want a cup shallow enough to give good support in the upper register. The rim is flat, but both the inside and outside edges are semi-sharp. It’s a comfortable rim that also supports clean technical attacks. The cup is medium shallow to shallow depth, boosting the upper register without crowding the chops. The throat is a #26 (slightly open), and the backbore is the Legends S. This mouthpiece will give your notes wings!
Of all the honors and credits I have ever received, this one has to be my most treasured. I was doing a concert in Connecticut and in the audience was the president of Jet-Tone Mouthpieces, Bill Ratzenburger. At the end of the concert, he came over to me and said he was absolutely amazed and would I mind if he would design a mouthpiece for me. He insisted that he hadn’t heard anything like this since Maynard. I was humbled by his generosity and actually brought to tears when I received these fliers. What do you say after that? Other than thank you for your generosity. Later I sat next to the amazing Lin Biviano on Count Basie’s Orchestra and I was brought back down to earth.
-Roy Roman
The 20 many years or so that I spent with Roy Stevens were the most enlightening, encouraging, edifying and personally-equipping that I have ever spent anywhere else in the world. All these years later I still depend on the wealth of knowledge that I received from this amazing man. He was a blessing from God.
Legends Brass is in no way affiliated with Roy Roman. All web links and/or videos found on this site are for educational and entertainment purposes only. No relationship between the two parties is implied. Legends Brass uses this information solely to honor the accomplishments of this great performing artist.
