[Harp-L] That COLTRANE Thing.......

["Jack Wartell" <jack.wartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I DO REMEMBER SEEING "TRANE" AND HIS ORIGINAL POWERHOUSE NUCLEAR QUARTET OUT
ON LONG ISLAND  (SYOSSET?) IN A TINY CLUB WITH PERHAPS A DOZEN PEOPLE IN
ATTENDANCE  FOR HIS FIRST SET. I THINK THE COVER WAS $5.THE YEAR WAS , I
BELIEVE, 1964.
  I GOT THERE VIA A TIP FROM A JAZZ BUDDY WHO SAID" CHECK THESE GUYS OUT". I
HAD ALREADY HEARD TRANE'S FIRST LP AND HAD A SENSE OF WHAT  "SHEETS OF
SOUND" WAS , BUT NOTHING REALLY PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I HEARD LIVE!
   I'VE TOLD JASON RICCI THAT HE REPRESENTS THAT TRADITION. HE LIKED WHAT I
SAID. Any other harp players  in the same vein? PLEASE HIP ME...

HARMONICA JACK
COLORADO