Re: [Harp-L] Real creativity

[rmcgraw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> So my question is: Where is the *real* creativity?
--If you're talking about diatonic harmonica, there are any number of
fresh and exciting players around, and I'm sure I'm unaware of many, but I
will point you towards [of course] the greatest diatonic player in the
world, Howard Levy, and as Smoky Joe said, Jason Ricci, and Chris
Michalek, and Roscoe with "Maybe August"...I also think Dennis Gruenling
is a great player who, while throughly traditional, plays in a fresh,
creative way...maybe you'd want to check out Bill Barrett, who while a
chromatic player brings much of the sound of the diatonic to his
playing.And there are doubtless many other players like that around that I
don't know of.
WVa Bob

 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
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