Re: [Harp-L] jazz

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have known Clint Hoover for 20 years.  
He's got fantastic tone on the chromatic and stellar chops. I also
like his vibrato and his in one of the reason I have evolved mine to
such a high level.
I also think he has superb folk/country-style blues chops on the
diatonic.  He is a very good jazz chromatic player but I wouldn't put
him in the jazz diatonic class.

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>---- Original Message ----
>From: turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] jazz
>Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:40:02 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
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>>"Rob Paparozzi" wrote:
>><Jazz on Diatonic? High Level? You need to get out more or hit a
>summit or
>><convention!,-) High Level Jazz comes in MANY colors!...
>><
>><Jeff Grossberg, Sandy Weltman, Randy Singer, George Brooks, Allen
>Holmes,
>><Michael Peloquin, Chris Michalek, Sebastian Chalier, The late great
>Don Les
>><and of late.....PT Gazell ! ( I'll be reviewing his new CD
>"Swingin' Easy,
>><Hittin' Hard" )....stay tuned.........,-))))))
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>>I haven't seen Clint Hoover's name in any of these posts yet, but
>Clint is 
>>a non-stop shoot-out-the-lights master of both diatonic and
>chromatic harmonica; 
>>he may in fact be the best living jazz harmonica player.  And I've
>certainly heard 
>>them all.
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>>Clint sticks pretty close to Minneapolis, I gather, so hasn't been
>heard much outside
>>the midwest.  However, his two CD releases, "Dream of the Serpent
>Dog" and "Take 
>>Your Time, Mrs. Brown", showcase his amazing facility, the first in
>a modern jazz trio
>>(mostly chromatic) setting, and the second in old-timey (mostly
>diatonic) styles.  Both 
>>these CDs are must-haves for anyone who's into the harmonica.
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>>I'll add my name to the list of jazz diatonic players, and offer as
>evidence "Blue Monk", 
>>"Comin Home Baby," and "The Longing" from my CD "The Act of Being
>Free in One Act," 
>>and "How Long Have I Loved You," with Sonny Rollins sideman Jerome
>Harris on guitar, 
>>from my CD "The Second Act of Free Being."  Whether this work is
>"high level" I leave 
>>to the listener to decide.
>>
>>Thanks, Richard Hunter
>>hunterharp.com
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Chris Michalek

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