Re: [Harp-L] Toots at Carnegie Hall

[Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert -- thanks for sharing this. But I am so jealous of you guys! Even 
though I've been fortunate enough to have had front row seats at several 
Toots small club dates over the last few years (including his wonderful 
performance a while back at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center here in Santa Cruz), 
it must have been absolutely fantastic to witness the Carnegie Hall 
affair with all these important and outstanding musicians. Hopefully it 
was captured on video...

And you got it exactly right, Toots is one of our greatest musicians. 
Lucky for us that he chose the harmonica.

- Slim.

www.SlideManSlim.com <http://www.SlideManSlim.com>


Robert Bonfiglio wrote:

> What a show case for the Harmonica!!!!!!!  Toots showed a sold out 
> Carnegie Hall audience that the Harmonica is as expressive, NO more 
> expressive, than the clarinet (Paquito D'Rivera), Piano (Herbie 
> Hancock, Kenny Werner, Eliane Elias), Sax (Joe Lovano), and keyboards 
> (Ivan Lins).  Only the human voice could is as expressive.
>
> Rob Paparozzi and I had box seats thanks to Chris DePino.  We went 
> back stage and and gave our best to one of the greatest musicians on 
> the planet.  Toots - thanks for giving us all that wonderful music all 
> these years that is - "in that little space between a smile and a 
> tear."  Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!!
>
> What a show case for the Harmonica!!!
>
> Harmonically yours,
>
> Robert Bonfiglio
>
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