Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Jason Ricci 'Goin' to California' and Skype lessons

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

Jason Ricci is an AWESOME harmonica player...
I agree with Richard Hunter... Jason doesn't just play fast  because  he 
can, he plays fast licks that MEAN SOMETHING.
Jason is one of the best harmonicists that I've ever heard.
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Just now...
In Scotland.
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/25/2012 2:14:30 P.M. GMT Daylight Time,  
turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<This  is for all of those who might be new to Harp-l and believe the hype  
 
<that Jason is simply a 'fast' player whose notes 'go nowhere'. They  
actually 
<go  somewhere, but faster than some folks' ears seem  capable of 
following. 
<He is SO  much more than simply a 'fast  player' as his playing here 
proves.

The thing that impresses me most  about Jason is his ability to build 
intensity over very long periods of time,  in a song and in a set.  I heard it 
first in an 18-minute live version of  "Whammer Jammer," which held my 
attention the whole time.  I heard it  again in his performance at SPAH in 
Sacramento, where he played with a (very  good) pickup band, and brought the 
intensity up song by song until he finished  in a beautiful roar.  

It's not all about fast with Jason.   That's just one of the things he does 
to bring up the temperature.   Increasing his use of FX as the set 
progresses is another. I could go on, but  you get the point. 

Regards, Richard Hunter

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