Re: [Harp-L] Larry Adler plays gypsy jazz with Django Reinhardt

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

MAX GELDREY is the person that inspired me to play harmonica... I was 8  
years old at the time!
But Larry Adler inspired me also.
Toots is simply... BRILIANT...
But Toots is 40 years later.
Harmonica playing has got better. In my humble opinion.
John Walden
London
England
 
 
In a message dated 07/12/2008 10:03:43 Pacific Standard Time,  
wasabileo@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

I will  never forget the Toots Thielemans show at the Blue Note in October of 
2001.  This was barely one month after Sept 11. The smell of smoke from the 
WTC was  still in the air. There was an feeling of desperation all over the 
city that  was in the club  when Toots hit the stage. He told a story of Belgium  
under Nazi Occupation ; of how he and some friends would go to some basement  
in an undisclosed location and listen to Louis Armstrong with the Mills  
Brothers. How the music uplifted him and he knew he had to come to  NYC.
Mind you, Toots is an Asthmatic and I am sure the air was not safe for  him 
to breather But he manage to uplift us all!
Afterwards in-between  shows, he signed cd's and I asked him about Larry 
Adler and he responded  
"Larry Adler is the reason I play the harmonica"  
"Nuff Said"  Toots is as remarkable a human being as he is a  musician!



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