RE: [Harp-L] Re: work Song

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK
*1st off-- Butterfield was a great musician!

*old news:
the missing note is an essential part of the melody (IMO) it it a contrast 
with the Eb heard constantly thoughout the tune. PB could have played it in 
3rd in the first octave-no problem.

*related -has anyone ever heard Sammy Davis Jr. sing Work Song with the 
Count Basie Orchestra? What a riot!

*now for my real work song feelings-
Butter's greatness asisde, I feel that Work Song was a subpar performance 
for Paul & the entire band, wrong note in the melody or not! Groove is weird 
and weak and the improvising is just off to my ears. I bet I have way more 
nights like that than Paul ever did though.
Another travesty of this lame groove (IMO) is that countless harp players 
have walked up to me and played their take on PB's take and failed 
miserably. I have heard very few players come close at all to the melody of 
this tune. I am talking about all of the other notes & rhythms besides the E 
natural!l

THERE, I SAID IT--I FEEL BETTER!

Michael Peloquin
http://tinyurl.com/5tpjg
http://www.harpsax.com



> From: "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: work Song
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:12:57 -0800 (PST)
>
>
> I don't understand why people get all "worked" up about Butter changing a 
> note or two in "Work
> Song."   Charlie Musselwhite took much greater liberties with Donald Byrd's 
> "Christo Redentor" but
> you don't hear anyone complaining about that. (Except me! ;>)