Meinl Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Big Apple Ride
Size: 22 Inch
Series: Byzance Jazz
Weight: 2214g, 2244g, 2245g, 2265g, 2270g, 2273g, 2289g, 2291g, 2300g, 2301g, 2303g, 2314g, 2317g
Median Weight: 2289g (n=13)
Years of production: 2012 - Present
Sound file: Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
Byzance Jazz 22" Big Apple Ride
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Review: "The 22" Jazz Big Apple differs from the 20" and 22" Jazz Medium rides in that a smaller-headed hammer has been used and it also has a smaller bell. All three cymbals are lathed top and bottom and finished to a brilliant sheen.

The Big Apple moniker is obviously there to conjure up the legendary jazz clubs of New York, the Gretsch Birdland days of Blakey and Roach through to Elvin and Tony Williams. With its smaller bell and thinner weight it has a deeper fundamental pitch even than the 22" Jazz ride. The spread is vast and dark. Lay into this and you create an ocean of sound that can be overwhelming. The small bell is nonetheless clamorous and vivid, creating a greater contrast with its bigger jump up in pitch than with the Jazz rides."

Review written by Geoff Nicholls ("Meinl Byzance Rides And Crashes review - A flagship Turkish-made, German-finished range", Music Radar, October 27, 2012)

Artist/song where it can be heard: unknown