Re: [Harp-L] The Chrome

[becher95@xxxxxx]

Hi group!

Check this out if you want to hear a very advanced jazz-playing style! 

http://www.seydel1847.de/epages/Seydel.sf/?ObjectID=19078&Locale=en_GB or www.herminedeurloo.com

I was totally shocked when I heard her playing at the Seydel booth on this year's Musikmesse in Frankfurt!

Keep cooler

Bertram

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> Von: chris smith <harpshredder@xxxxxxxxx>
> Gesendet: 29.06.06 09:28:59
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> Betreff: [Harp-L] The Chrome


>     The chromatic harp is a truly exciting axe for
> blues with tremendous potential for improvisation in
> all keys not just the delicious 3rd position . Little
> Walter obviously relished it (check out solo on I Just
> Want To Make Love To You) but like most straight ahead
> bluesers he rarely, if ever , used the button. I
> really dug Mike Turk's riff but that's definitely on
> the  jazzy side of the blues equation AND THAT'S OK
> CUZ DOGGONE IT PEOPLE LIKE JAZZ ( to paraphrase Stuart
> Smalley).
>      As far as Elizabeth's comment of wanting to hear
> on it (the chrome) what she hear sax players do that's
> an extraordinarily tall, if not impossible, order. Sax
> and clarinet are two of the most fluid single note
> axes there are and the note-bending capabilities are
> almost unlimited.
> Last time I checked I only have one mouth but 10
> fingers and all those fingers can go a lot faster than
> the  one mouth. The sax is a large instrument that
> without any amplification is LOUD !! The harp is a
> tiny instrument that almost always requires
> amplification. Every instrument is like a different
> personality with its unique qualities, plusses and
> minuses. I really like the sax's jazz improvisational
> capacity but I really 
> wish it had the multivoice sound of the piano. Absurd
> right ? Nurturing and discovering the harmonica's
> unique, personal and evocative voice is what it's all
> about, n'est-ce pas ? And frankly when it comes to
> real blues as far as I'm concerned leave your sax
> parked in your den- just bring the Mississippi
> Saxophone : the blues harp .
>      P.S. I do a fair amount of chromatic blues in my
> shows- hope to 
> see you somewhere  this summer (see giglist).
>                                                       
>                 Keep cool,
>                                                       
>                                 Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
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