[Harp-L] re: jazz on a diatonic

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Richard wrote:
"However, jazz is a big tent, and Howard's approach isn't the only viable
approach to playing jazz on the diatonic."

I would contend that East West is jazz, along the lines of the modal Coltrane
work and that Butterfield had a viable approach to jazz on the
diatonic--without overblows or specially tuned harps. Ditto Work Song.

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