Re: REVIEW : Greg Szlapczynski - La Part du Diable

[Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I saw Greg in Montreal last year at a local Blues fest and picked up this CD
at the festival site boutique for $20 CDN (About $15 US). Anyway's I lucked
out as the CD is one of my favourites. I wish I had bought a few more of his
CDs at the time.

Although the show was good, it wasn't as good as the CD. I thing the
keyboard player might have been his girlfriend or something. She was OK but
not great. Definitely not a pro. Also the show was at 7:00 PM and the crowd
was kind of dead or at least not in to it. Perhaps Greg was missing some
tunes to get the crowd going.

Pierre.




- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: REVIEW : Greg Szlapczynski - La Part du Diable


>
> I have to say that this is one of my favorite recordings.  As Ben
> says, it's not a traditional genre-based recording, it's a diverse
> collection of a wide range of styles, but it has a jazzy feel
> throughout, and has VERY high production standards, and the other
> personnel on the album, all the way down to engineering and
> recording, absolutely shine.
>
> I only wish that Greg would come to the US, or myself to France, so I
> could meet the man, and maybe take a few lessons, pick his brain a
> little.
>
> I purchased my copy by wading my way through Amazon.fr, the French
> Amazon site, which wasn't too difficult if you've done much online
> shopping.  I bought using my MasterCard, which handled the currency
> conversion and payment for me.  I think, including standard shipping
> from France, I paid about $30 for the CD.  It was certainly worth
> it!
>
> Not everyone is going to like this CD -- it's not your standard blues
> fare -- but if you like innovative ideas in music and very clean,
> stylish harmonica playing in a mix of jazzy and other genre music,
> you should check it out.  It might get on your favorites list too!
>
> -tim
>
> Tim Moyer
> Working Man's Harps
> http://www.workingmansharps.com/
>
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