Fwd: [Harp-L] Potato Potahtoe/Cherrypicking

[Jonathan Hill <jonathan.f.hill@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Jonathan Hill <jonathan.f.hill@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 02:33:18 -0600
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Potato Potahtoe/Cherrypicking
To: George Brooks <gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx>


That's a frustrating thing to say to a young player like me.
Besides, doesn't talent usually follow determination?
Howard's proved the journey worthwhile and that should be the inspiration. Just
as few tenor sax players can play like Coltrane (my favorite example,
btw), a lot of guys have had tremendous success by emulating at least
some of the model he set. We've got our north star....why the heck
should anyone dissuade us from navigating by it?



On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 00:07:16 -0500, George Brooks <gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If you want to play difficult jazz on the harmonica and you are not
> Howard Levy, my advice is congruent with Richard Hunter's and with
> Pierre's simple choice: buy a button chromatic and learn how to play
> it.  If you aspire to play *no-excuses jazz* as I have defined it, for
> real, my advice is to pick up some other instrument more readily suited
> to the music unless you have an unusual combination of talent and
> determination.
>
> George
>
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