Re: [Harp-L] Pascal Veillette - harp clips

[Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I'm lucky to know Pascal. He's a great musician and an exceptionally 
nice person.

I forwarded Pascal your great post.

Pierre.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Haston" <lhaston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Pierre" <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Pascal Veillette - harp clips


> I ran across these clips after a Google search for Pascal Veillette a few 
> weeks ago.  I was very impressed by his sound on the Kamendja cd. The  Asa 
> Nisi Masa cd is equally impressive.  Who would have thought a guitar, harp, 
> sousaphone and Indian percussion would produce such a mesmerizing sound. 
> There are two numbers on that cd that have been stuck in my head since I 
> first heard them,  Kindred Spirits and In A Single Breath.   Pierre, I'm 
> jealous that you have access to Pascal as even an occasional teacher.  I 
> put him in the upper echelon of modern diatonic players.  I used to 
> consider myself a blues harp purist but it's muscians like Pascal Veillette 
> who have opened doors to vastly different worlds.
>
> lh
>
> Pierre wrote:
> > Pascal Veillette, my occasional harp teacher and friend has a new CD with 
> > his other band, this is an east indian inspired band. Cool music, lots of 
> > texture in the music, much slower than his previous Kamendja CD which was 
> > great, but hard to take in large doses as it was so fast. I haven't 
> > bought the CD yet, just found the clips now.
> >
> > I saw these guys play two years ago, I loved the show, the music was 
> > really interesting, a totally new style to me, very relaxed and laid 
> > back, cool music textures, percussion and rhythyms. I was hoping to see 
> > them again but they we pretty inactive after that but they got together 
> > to do a CD last year, probably they play more now. I haven't seen Pascal 
> > since last summer, will have to see those guys again.
> >
> > I found clips:
> >
> > > > > Scroll down to ASA NISI MASA cd on the page or search for "Pascal"
> >
> >
> > http://www.patrickgrahampercussion.com/downloads/index.htm
> >
> > Available at CD baby too.