Re: [Harp-L] Jazz players....

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd say they did a good job with Mike Turk.  Back in those days he
was mostly a diatonic player

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>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jazz players....
>Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:10:39 +0100
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>>> The point I was trying to make, which I had hoped was apparent in
>light 
>>> of my earlier post, is that you don't *have* to be a
>top-of-the-game 
>>> sax player to play complex jazz (whether the playing is moving or
>has 
>>> something to say is a different question).  Berklee probably turns
>out 
>>> a good number of sax players every year who can cover a
>significant 
>>> portion of the jazz repertoire, musically, in every key, and at
>real 
>>> tempos.  While the absolute number of chromatic harmonica players
>in 
>>> the world who can play jazz at a similar level is miniscule.
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>>Berklee doesn't train chromatic harp players though...
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Chris Michalek

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