[Harp-L] PT Gazell'snew CD

[George Brooks <gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, all-

I remember a very complimentary thread a while back about PT Gazell.  
The posts in that thread said many good things, but the two primary 
themes sounded in them were these:

"Pace Yourself," PT's first CD, is a great record that every harmonica 
player should have (I agree!); and

PT, man, when are you going to put out another?

As PT recently posted, his new CD is about to come out.  He sent me a 
pre-release copy, and I want to tell you that it's great.  This one is 
more in a Swing vein than "Pace Yourself."  PT has utterly mastered the 
technique of playing chromatically on a valved diatonic, and his 
playing on the new CD is clean, accurate, and sweet throughout.  I've 
watched PT play a number of times, and I have always been struck by the 
reaction he gets.  There is a lightness and an ease and a beauty to his 
playing that simply makes his listeners happy; I can't think of a 
better way to put it.  This is music that will make you smile.

It is definitely a harmonica record: harmonica is featured as the lead 
instrument on all the cuts.  On top of this, PT has assembled an 
amazing group of musicians who both support him well and step out on 
their own for solos.  These guys sound like top pros.  PT either came 
into a pile of money to pay them or has a lot of friends there in 
Nashville who can play their a**es off.  I can't recommend the CD 
highly enough.

George