Re: [Harp-L] video- CHEROKEE by Yvonnick Prene

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rereading my post, I misused you're. Just in case the grammar nazis are
watching.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Gotta say
> Jazz Harp gets most of my attention and I do enjoy playing Blues and some
> Rock but
>  although Prene Yvonnick  has obvious phenomenal ability I can't say I
> enjoyed the  "rushing"
> of Cherokee.
> I do love Jazz, since the mid sixty's, stumbling into the Light House on
> the Pier in Manhattan
> Beach and hearing Miles Davis jamming in his neighborhood bar, with not a
> clue as to who he was....
>
> Admittedly I'm not very good but I'm not stupid.....Ma says I'm not !
>
>
> Mike Wilbur
>
>
> > On Sep 27, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Michael Rubin <
> michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I love jazz and it is my main study right now.   However, you're argument
> > seems pretty ridiculous.  Jazz is the best because it's the hardest.  If
> > you don't like it it's because you're not as good!  Whatever, music is
> > subjective.
> > Michael Rubin
> > michaelrubinharmonica.com
> >
> >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> No argument here! Yvonnick is an amazing player and he's put out a lot
> of
> >> great stuff over the last couple of years -- a ton of youtube videos and
> >> some really nice studio albums.
> >>
> >> I encourage folks who like what he's doing to actually support his work
> by
> >> buying a CD or 2 (I have "Introducing", "Jour de FeTe", and "Wonderful
> >> World" and really dig them all). The first one "Introducing" he doesn't
> >> even mention on his website (http://yvonnickprene.com) -- I think it
> was
> >> download-only from CD Baby and then was removed at some point. All 3
> albums
> >> are well produced and sound terrific. Of the 3, "Wonderful World" may be
> >> the most accessible to those who aren't hard core jazz fans -- some
> really
> >> beautiful, as well as hot, stuff on that one -- mostly standards
> performed
> >> in the gypsy swing style. "Jour de FeTe" is in a modern jazz style, very
> >> introspective and tasty. Check out the samples online and don't just
> >> spotify -- put some cash on the table ;-).
> >>
> >> Like a number of today's great young jazz musicians, he's starting out
> >> with extremely serious chops that exceed what I expect to achieve in my
> >> lifetime. That does make me a bit jealous, but more power to him for
> >> dedicating himself to this amazing music and having the talent and
> drive to
> >> pull it off. So I just put my ego aside and enjoy the ride.
> >>
> >> - Slim.
> >>
> >>
> >> www.SlideManSlim.com
> >>
> >>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Randy Singer wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Another astounding jazz chromatic solo!
> >>>
> >>> Many players do not like bebop for many reasonsâ.too many notesâthey
> >> donât understand itââetc.
> >>>
> >>> I believe that it is just jealousy that they are not in command of
> their
> >> instrument and therefore do not like hearing others in total musical
> >> command.
> >>>
> >>> It is the highest calling of a musician to be able to improvise in any
> >> key, at any tempo to any song and jazz is the vehicle for the highest
> form
> >> of
> >>> music imo. I read somewhere that the brains of jazz musicians are
> almost
> >> super human or something like that.
> >>>
> >>> Many will argue, go ahead but if you donât like jazz it might because
> >> you are not open enough for anything other than what you know.
> >>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x7gUEs_Cvc&list=TLoQxUyobdxPSvtykG01RjNpjpvcGmtNTY&index=2
> >>
> >>
> >>
>