Re: [Harp-L] tenor insanity

[Chesper Nevins <chespernevins@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting discussion.

I love that quartet video on the TV show.

The duo is good too, but I almost feel that while Toots is great, he may be
a little tired at that point.

The style of the duo brought to mind a record of Oscar Peterson and Dizzy
Gillespie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiTfwcXcPsM

When I listen to Dizzy and Oscar, it makes be realize how incredible they
both are to pull off a duo at this tempo, and Oscar is just as busy, and
probably more than Bert!  I find Dizzy's tone with the mute makes it a
little hard to hear his lines clearly, but when I listen hard, I hear how
much he has going on in them.

In fact, after listening to Oscar, I go back to the Toots duo and Bert
doesn't seem that busy by contrast.

Jason

www.jasonharmonica.com


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:08 PM, JON KIP <jon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> good point, Daniel....
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> seems he wasn't really trying on the duo video....
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> it's not easy to do a duo.... Kenny and Toots had worked it out very nicely
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> all about money, I'd say.... "we can't afford a drummer and bass player"
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> Priorities are fun, we all should buy some........ I once, long ago,
> played at some Latin clubs here and at one, on melrose ave, (memory
> check... "The Grandia Room")  had a terrible piano..... old and out of
> tune, much like our trumpet player...
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> ....one friday night, we showed up and the club owner was really excited,
> and he told us "You'll love the piano now, I had it painted white"
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> hmm....tune? or Paint???
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> kind of like those who put stock in fancy after-market cover plates for
> harmonicas of all denominations, totally useless in creating the sound, but
> fine for picking up the Imaginary Ladies....
> (see IDigGuysWithBrightlyColoredCoverPlates.com)
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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:29 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > So mystery partly solved. We were commenting on two different videos
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> > me that Toots' solo wasn't lame on the video I saw and that it wasn't due
> > to a pianist that knows nothing about comping.). So how did that link get
> > temporarily misdirected? Weird.
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> > Daniel
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> jon kip
> http://jonkip.com
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> player of music, mostly written by dead people and played on a toy that
> everybody's Uncle except my nephew's has the good sense to keep safely out
> of sight in a drawer.
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