Moanin'

[Aeskow@xxxxxxx]

> A while back, during the thread on Little Walter's jazz influences,
someone
> (Johnny T. ?? or Scorcher??) mentioned that he would have liked to have
> heard LW do Moanin'.=A0 Well, that inspired me to do the tune.=A0 You can
check
> it out at http://ampcast.com/mitchweiss

That would have to have been my knowledgeable amigo Johnny T, 'cause I
wasn't familiar
with the song before now.
- --Scorcher

Hey Mitch--

     What a terrific command of that song you display.  I was, in fact, the=20
one who daydreamed in print about hearing Walter play "Moanin'," having love=
d=20
the Art Blakey version, the Mingus version, and Bobby Timmons' solo piano of=
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his own composition--and now digging yours, too.  I went on to check out a f=
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more of the jazz-funk cuts on your site and was equally impressed.  Keep it=20=
up!=20
 I love to explore soul music/jazz/funk hybrids on diatonic--learned so much=
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from King Curtis, Junior Walker, Little Sonny, etc.--and it's great to hear=20=
a=20
kindred soul playing with such delicacy and power.  Fine stuff.  But no fair=
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covering "Soul Serenade" or "Walk in the Night"--I already cover 'em.
      By the way, is this a regular service you provide for Harp-L members?=20=
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Like, could you do "The Way We Were" as it might be interpreted by Junior=20
Wells (another guy not afraid to absorb soul and funk)?  Or a Sonny Boy Will=
iamson=20
version of "Little Deuce Coupe?"  But in all seriousness, ladies and=20
germs--you're a terrific player...

Johnny T