RE: Bebop

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting.  I didn't know that he used the Hohner Vintage Tricell
Vamper.  I always thought he used the vintage WM Kratt Pedolick Harp
(- aka the foot pedal harp) like Howard Levy.  

For those that don't know, Howard doesn't really overblow, in fact,
he's not even real. He's an often fabricated entity played by Michael
Peloquin in a wig on stilts.  The extra notes are produced by the
foot pedal harp. It's amazing how he can interject those black keys
using a harp in shoes activated by his toes.

Michael learned bebop phrasings from johnny shines and RL Burnside.

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>---- Original Message ----
>From: gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: Bebop
>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:01:41 +1200
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>>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:26:28 -0600
>>From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: RE: Bebop
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>>Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that somewhere I have an unrealeased
>and
>>ultra rare session of Little Walter playing Charlie Parker heads.
>BTW
>>- - LW was a huge overblower and this tape would put all of those
>issue
>>to rest. Now if I could only find that tape :-)
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>>  This is a common mistake about Little Walter's playing technique
>and
>>incorporation of Bebop.   Studies have shown that Little Walter
>didn't play
>>overblows as commonly thought, but rather he got those "extra notes"
>by
>>using the long forgotten Hohner Vintage Tricell Vamper.
>>  Little Walter was in fact a big proponent of the Tricell Vampers.
>>Although sadly near the end of his short life they were no longer
>made, a
>>few of were actually found in his gig bag after his untimely death.
>>A rare photo of the instrument with details can be found here:
>>http://idximage.tripod.com/idx63432.html
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>>-- G.
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