[Harp-L] Latin harmonica

[dennis moriarty <dmoriarty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

        As far as "Latin" harp per se I don't think there are a lot  
of recordings. I stood in with some blues people last night which  
included the NJ living Cuban born harp player Felix Cabrera  
(felixcabrera.com). You could go to his site and email him about the  
subject. He himself is very Butterfield toned along with a lots of  
third position and some simple jazzy stuff. Forgive my naivete but  
who cares about the tuning. I've played with a terrific NY-NJ  
guitarist (Joe Taino) in a number of situations. I'm always asking  
him to do his terrific latin stuff rather than his blues stuff when  
we play because there's a lot of fire in latin music and such fire  
galvanizes my modest talents. I play 2nd or 3rd position or both  
mixed up on standard tunings. I'm sure some of the musicians on harp- 
l will direct you to some of the latin-America u-tube videos. I'm  
familiar with a couple of them and they are really talented but pure  
blues. d
http://www.myspace.com/blowintheblues