Calicchio Artist Series: Joe Mosello Custom Mouthpiece - A Brass Mavens Exclusive!
Joe Mosello is one of the most respected trumpet players on the scene, and one of the most influential trumpeters, almost from the beginning of his professional career. Joe is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied with Chuck Mangione, who was head of the jazz department at the time. Joe later went on to perform and tour with Mangione. After Eastman, Joe toured and recorded as lead trumpet with the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band in Washington, D.C.
When he left the Army, he was invited to join the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, and toured with them for the next five years. Joe can be heard on four of Maynard’s most popular albums - Conquistador, New Vintage, Carnival, and Hot.
After his time with Maynard's band, Joe settled in New York City, and has been a fixture in the music scene there ever since. Joe is a veteran of dozens of Broadway shows, and a proud member of the Tony Awards Orchestra for 11 years. He has played lead trumpet with virtually every big band in New York City - from Toshiko Akiyoshi and Louie Bellson to Bob Mintzer, 25 years with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and the Philip Morris SuperBand. Joe Mosello has performed with legends like Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Julie Andrews, Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Mathis, Jerry Lewis, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Blood, Sweat, & Tears, among others. Joe has and has one gold and one platinum record respectively, for Maynard Ferguson’s recording of “Gonna Fly Now”, and for “Solid” by Ashford and Simpson. Joe was lead trumpet and music coordinator for Aretha Franklin when she performed in the New York City area.
Joe Mosello lives in the New Jersey and maintains a busy teaching and playing schedule.
Specifications:
0.665" Inner rim diameter
# 27 Throat
Medium cup
Marked D CALICCHIO MOSELLO 1
Contemporary Calicchio Contour
Based on information from Jim New, who made this mouthpiece, and from Joe himself, I believe this is probably a copy of a mouthpiece made for him by Greg Black.
There is a very minor blem at the end of the mouthpiece shank. The lower price reflect this.
Joe Mosello is one of the most respected trumpet players on the scene, and one of the most influential trumpeters, almost from the beginning of his professional career. Joe is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied with Chuck Mangione, who was head of the jazz department at the time. Joe later went on to perform and tour with Mangione. After Eastman, Joe toured and recorded as lead trumpet with the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band in Washington, D.C.
When he left the Army, he was invited to join the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, and toured with them for the next five years. Joe can be heard on four of Maynard’s most popular albums - Conquistador, New Vintage, Carnival, and Hot.
After his time with Maynard's band, Joe settled in New York City, and has been a fixture in the music scene there ever since. Joe is a veteran of dozens of Broadway shows, and a proud member of the Tony Awards Orchestra for 11 years. He has played lead trumpet with virtually every big band in New York City - from Toshiko Akiyoshi and Louie Bellson to Bob Mintzer, 25 years with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and the Philip Morris SuperBand. Joe Mosello has performed with legends like Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Julie Andrews, Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Mathis, Jerry Lewis, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Blood, Sweat, & Tears, among others. Joe has and has one gold and one platinum record respectively, for Maynard Ferguson’s recording of “Gonna Fly Now”, and for “Solid” by Ashford and Simpson. Joe was lead trumpet and music coordinator for Aretha Franklin when she performed in the New York City area.
Joe Mosello lives in the New Jersey and maintains a busy teaching and playing schedule.
Specifications:
0.665" Inner rim diameter
# 27 Throat
Medium cup
Marked D CALICCHIO MOSELLO 1
Contemporary Calicchio Contour
Based on information from Jim New, who made this mouthpiece, and from Joe himself, I believe this is probably a copy of a mouthpiece made for him by Greg Black.
There is a very minor blem at the end of the mouthpiece shank. The lower price reflect this.
Joe Mosello is one of the most respected trumpet players on the scene, and one of the most influential trumpeters, almost from the beginning of his professional career. Joe is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied with Chuck Mangione, who was head of the jazz department at the time. Joe later went on to perform and tour with Mangione. After Eastman, Joe toured and recorded as lead trumpet with the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band in Washington, D.C.
When he left the Army, he was invited to join the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, and toured with them for the next five years. Joe can be heard on four of Maynard’s most popular albums - Conquistador, New Vintage, Carnival, and Hot.
After his time with Maynard's band, Joe settled in New York City, and has been a fixture in the music scene there ever since. Joe is a veteran of dozens of Broadway shows, and a proud member of the Tony Awards Orchestra for 11 years. He has played lead trumpet with virtually every big band in New York City - from Toshiko Akiyoshi and Louie Bellson to Bob Mintzer, 25 years with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and the Philip Morris SuperBand. Joe Mosello has performed with legends like Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Julie Andrews, Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Mathis, Jerry Lewis, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Blood, Sweat, & Tears, among others. Joe has and has one gold and one platinum record respectively, for Maynard Ferguson’s recording of “Gonna Fly Now”, and for “Solid” by Ashford and Simpson. Joe was lead trumpet and music coordinator for Aretha Franklin when she performed in the New York City area.
Joe Mosello lives in the New Jersey and maintains a busy teaching and playing schedule.
Specifications:
0.665" Inner rim diameter
# 27 Throat
Medium cup
Marked D CALICCHIO MOSELLO 1
Contemporary Calicchio Contour
Based on information from Jim New, who made this mouthpiece, and from Joe himself, I believe this is probably a copy of a mouthpiece made for him by Greg Black.
There is a very minor blem at the end of the mouthpiece shank. The lower price reflect this.
Domenick Calicchio may best be remembered as a master craftsman and instrument maker, but did you know that he also made fine custom mouthpieces? Dominick used traditional tooling and methods, and did not keep many notes or drawings of these unique pieces, but he crafted fabulous custom mouthpieces - by hand- for the best players of the day.
A few years ago, Calicchio’s owner master craftsman John Duda sought to recreate some of these famous one-of-a-kind mouthpieces as the Calicchio Artist Series, and collect others to be included in the collection. Trusted agents helped track down the owners and asked if they would consider allowing replicas of these hand made custom mouthpieces to be made.
It was decided that the task of recreating these 'Holy Grail' mouthpieces should only be entrusted to the experts at Kanstul Musical Instruments, the pioneer and industry leader in single point mouthpiece scanning and accurate duplication at the time. Zig Kanstul welcomed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to honor this part of Domenick Calicchio’s legacy and he appointed his master craftsman (who at one time had worked for Domenick himself) to do the work.
These rare mouthpieces were collected and scanned over a period of weeks, and the originals quickly and safely returned to their owners. But John's health began to decline and for a time the entire industry was facing the challenges of a major recession. Later, Zig Kanstul passed, and the factory he founded shuttered. John Duda himself passed away recently, and it seemed the Calicchio Artist Series mouthpieces might never see the light of day after all...until now!
With your purchase, you will have bragging rights that you are directly supporting the effort to not only save Calicchio Musical Instruments, but also to highlight the contributions Domenick Calicchio and John Duda made to the industry.
Kanstul Musical Instruments was a pioneer in single-point scanning and mouthpiece duplication. Before the factory was shuttered, players from around the world trusted Kanstul for their accuracy in duplicating the most valuable and unique mouthpieces, as well as extremely consistent production mouthpieces. It can be argued that Zig Kanstul’s master craftsman helped educate the current generation of mouthpiece makers, and he continues to serve as a resource and consultant to the industry to this day.
