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

["mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a little YouTube should give you the information needed to know Jason Ricci is beyond very skilled...


Mike Wilbur 



On Aug 29, 2012, at 8:44 PM, MundHarp@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 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
> 
> author, "Jazz Harp"  
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>