Re: [Harp-L] Real creativity

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On May 6, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Barnum, Ansel (Ansel) wrote:

> Recently I’m beginning to become disillusioned with my childhood  
> harp heroes. Last night I heard one of them in concert which was  
> admittedly a great show. However, it was the same one I’d heard  
> last year, the year before, and so on going back to when I first  
> heard them ten years ago. And that seems to be the trend amongst  
> most in my harp pantheon. Yes, they conceived of great music at one  
> point in time, but they don’t continue to do so, instead replaying  
> the great ideas they (or someone else) thought of in the past. And  
> even those that do periodically come up with new material on a CD  
> just rehash it like a jukebox in concert.
>
> So my question is: Where is the *real* creativity? Who are the  
> musicians that play something fresh every time a harp meets their  
> lips? I certainly appreciate that the diatonic harp and blues form  
> imposes constraints that chromatic jazz players do not face. Which  
> is why I’m searching for those geniuses able to break through these  
> barriers to that zen state of art. Who can I turn to for  
> inspiration of exciting, dynamic, creative music that continuously  
> flows into the instrument—-in this case, a diatonic harp?
>
>
> Ansel
>
> _
Jason Ricci