A Day In The Life At The Jody Jazz Factory; Jody Espina Ep 180

Everything Saxophone Podcast Host, Donna Schwartz, went on location to the Jody Jazz Factory in Savannah, GA to film a 4-part series documenting a day in the life at the Jody Jazz Factory. #JodyJazzFactory #JodyJazz #JodyEspina #EdCalle #EverythingSaxophonePodcast Timestamps: 00:00 - What motivated Jody to move from NY to Savannah, GA  03:31 - The beginnings of the Jody Jazz Factory  04:20 -  How Jody imagined and designed the Factory space  05:06 - How Jody Jazz grew & who initially made his mouthpieces  07:44 - The huge learning curve in learning how to establish the factory  09:30 - 3-D Printing vs hand facing  10:36 - The facing curve is everything  11:07 - Jody’s recent trip to Asia  11:49 - How Jody’s thinking has helped the company thrive  13:41 -  A typical day for Jody  13:57 - Why Jody can relate to beginner saxophone players  16:20 - Jody’s main job  18:07 - What Ed Calle said about Jody’s playing  18:49 - The new project at the Jody Jazz Factory  21:09 - Opportunities for musicians 22:00 - Jody’s challenge to the Cannonball Instruments company  22:48 - What’s coming up for the future for Jody Jazz You can catch his Bio, and all of his links on our site at: https://saxophonepodcast.com/a-day-in... This episode was sponsored by Jody Jazz Mouthpieces, world-famous saxophone and clarinet mouthpiece makers. Visit www.jodyjazz.com to see why artists like Kirk Whalum, Tom Scott, Andy Snitzer, George Garzone, Jeff Kashiwa, Claire Daly, Ed Calle, Derek Brown and so many others play Jody Jazz mouthpieces. Help support the show by becoming a Patron! Get special Bonus content, searchable transcripts for many episodes and a complete directory listing of all our episodes. Lots of great content here! www.patreon.com/everythingsaxophone