Re: [Harp-L] clarification

["Rob Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, JP

Well they may not be 'heavy' harpers by harp-l standards but here two MD's
that play Harmonica as a side thing.

Paul Shaffer - Letterman Orchestra MD

and (are you ready) Mr. Squawk himself,-)

Lenny Pickett!!

I did a Film date with Lenny few years ago and he was sitting next to me and
kept looking in my Harp Case, finally it got the best of him and he admitted
he was a closet Harp Player and his Wife bought him a whole set of Diatonics
for Xmas!! AFAIK, Lenny doesn't play on the show, but I know Paul Does!.

also, a sub of Shaffer's occasionaly is Keyboardist Robbie Kondor, who's a
pretty good diatonic player and has appeared on Letterman backing up some
Country Artists on Harp.

Oh....I guess I should review this record soon as it's an AMAZING and Great
record....
Howard Levy and Paul Sprawl.....Howard takes a terrific (non squawy SAX
SOLO)!!

although not a TV show.....but they did appear on TV time to time
Then there was that was the MD/Conductor of the Boston Pops....a Chromatic
Player....Richard Hayman

all the best,
rob
(ps...Mike....I'll send you those horn players #'s off list later if u still
need them.)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:41 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] clarification


> >From: Jp "Pagán" <jpl_pagan@xxxxxxxxx>
> >--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Joe and Cass
> >Leone <leone@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >   I just think that too much squawk is out. A little
> >is OK, but some
> > > guys over-do it.
> >
> >i always hated the "Saturday Night Live" sax sound, that guys like Jr.
> >Walker often do. then again, i love some of Walker's stuff, even a few
> >things that do sound SNL-ish.
> >as for squawk, i have a new-found appreciation for it after listening to
> >some of the latest jazz/funk stuff by guys like Stanton Moore and
Galactic.
> >there's a sax player named Skerik who turns "squawk" into a term of art,
so
> >to speak. i'd love to be able to do what he does on a short-harp.
> >Galactic's horn-dog, Ben Elliman, also knows how to squawk and do it
right,
> >andhe plays a pretty good harp too... (check out the album "Ruckus")
>
> OK time to chime in from an edumacated perspective.
> What in the heck are you guys squawking about?
> SNL squawk guy has a name. IMO this awful sax-cretin is the best R&B tenor
> sax player alive.
> LENNY PICKETT. (Jr. was incredible also)
> He joined Tower of Power when he was 16 and is now the MUSICAL DIRECTOR of
> SNL. This is a musician's musician with many tools under his belt besides
> squawk. He has an instantly recognizable sound, something that some of us
> want and others seem to disdain.
> What is SQUAWK?
> High notes above the saxophone's normal range is called the altissimo
> register. Lenny and many others can play beautiful melodic ideas in that
> range. (This is not a JP playing musically unrelated patterns at blinding
> speed as a parlor trick.) please do define this squawk thing, maybe I can
> include it into my arsenal.
>
> Harmonica relevance:
> Only harper AFAIK to be the MD of a long running hit TV show is Charlie
> McCoy on Hee Haw.
> Read how HL personally discovered (and named) overblows here (sax squawk
> connection)
> http://www.levyland.com/overblows.php
> more than a few harp players have wanted to emulate the R & B sax sound.
>
> I have been known to both squawk & head shake. And i know that i am better
> than Chris M.
> ... at something?
>
> Michael Peloquin
> http://tinyurl.com/5tpjg
> http://www.harpsax.com
>
>
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