Jack Sheldon's mouthpiece set

Robert P · Heavyweight Member Joined: 28 Feb 2013 Posts: 2607

This video gives a good look at Jack Sheldon's mouthpiece set. He tenses his lips in a certain way to accept the mouthpiece, really digs in and his playing position is very different than his set position.

Fantastic if short solo - link should take you to about 4:55.

https://youtu.be/UH0OsStvspY?t=295
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Halflip · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:34 am Post subject:

Very interesting -- thanks for sharing!

I always loved his singing and playing for the movie The Long Goodbye:

Link

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