For blues harp recorded live (whether amplified or not) there is one that tops the 1938/39 Spirituals to Swing concerts with Sonny Terry - a live Duke Ellington recording from the late 1920s that features a cameo of someone playing second-position blues harp.
The reason I don't know any details is that one morning about 6AM as I was waking up, it came on the radio (KCSM, the San Francisco Bay Area jazz station) , and that's all I remember of what the announcer said about it. It's probably on on of the RCA/Bluebird CD reissues from that period and was perhaps recorded at the Cotton Club.
Winslow
--- Glenn Weiser <celticguitar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ken-
OK, you've got the one to beat now-that CD is in print with Sonny Terry on it. Who can top Ken? This may be tough.
-Glenn
----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Deifik
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Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] first live amplified recording?
Glenn wrote:
Great question-and now, let's go it one better-what is the first live blues harp recording, period? I can't think of what it would be offhand. Is it also Muddy at Newport? (1960)
How about Sonny Terry at John Hammond's 1939 Spiritual To Swing Concert? _______________________________________________ Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
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