Re: [Harp-L] OB style Klezmer on the diatonic - introducing Jason Rosenblatt

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 16, 2004, at 2:53 PM, Pierre wrote:

> Ok, this week its Klezmer on the diatonic (that's it, I'm all done 
> plugging now). I saw this band (Shtreiml) live at an outdoor concert 
> at the Montreal Jazz Festival and just got the name of the artist 
> which I had forgotten. He's from Israel and is now living in Montreal 
> (our luck!). The show was to say the least amazing.
>
> Jason Rosenblatt is the harmonicist.
>
> There are great clips at this page:
>
> (Joe do not go to this site, you are depressed enough as it is)

  I already know about Jason and he is ANOTHER reason for my depression 
 8:(  (along with Mark "bird" Stafford).
> http://www.shtreiml.com/
>
> At a glance, the 2 following tracks of the 2002 CD are extremely 
> 'colorful'
>  - alte Sher
>  - Novi Sacz
>  - Gasni - HEY! that a Charlie Parker lick, did he steal it from a 
> traditional Klezmer song!!!

 I think SO. One could do a lot worse than absorb some Klezmer. I used 
to try a lot of the clarinet stuff. Back in 52, when I was living in 
Trieste, I used to bring in the Eastern European music on the 
short-wave. Unfortunately, if you're not born into this kind of music, 
you have a hard time picking up on it. There is a morose, laconic under 
tone to it, and I suppose a certain amount of suffering went into it. 
(Similar to blues). I have always thought that ANYONE can have the 
blues (rich, poor, black, white, oriental, unknown, male, female, 
unknown, Jewish, Presbeterian, Hindu, Easter Islander?, unknown, etc.
> (note video clips seem to take several minutes to download (with no 
> sign that it is downloading) on my cable modem line but the audio 
> tracks download quickly)
>
> Pierre.
>
> PS: I'm not sure, but Chris Michalek may be mis-estimating the number 
> of harpers who can play overblow style well. He said 'a handful' and 
> there are IMO at least 3 in Canada (Pascal, Jason and Calos Del Junco) 
> and the US are 10 times bigger than Canada. Where are they all hiding?

 I think because Chris is "one in a million", one in a million would be 
a safe estimate. Hmmmm, maybe that means there are 1,100 just in China 
alone. OK, OK, I take that back. :) but maybe it's a very BIG hand.
> Last plug - honest: Perhaps SPAH should visit Montreal one of these 
> days.

 Excellent adventure, I'm holding 2,034.50 in Canadian CHANGE. My 
suitcase would be heavy, but I'm ready to pack. Naturally, I wouldn't 
have to bring any harps with me. So, I'll just listen (and learn).
smokey-joe
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