RE: [Harp-L] Re: [HarpTalk] Playing at Jam Sessions

[robert mcgraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great advcie and comments from Larry and Gary...one of the problems I think we all see from too many harp players, especially intermediate players, is playing too much, all the time. I certainnly was guilty of that...with me, at a certain point in my playing, having listened to Chicago style a lot, I had heard the greats playing pretty much all the time behind vocals, and I thought that's what I should do, regardless of the type of music and also regardless of the fact that, at that point in my playing, I wasn't capable of playing nice, soft, complimentary lines behind the vocals.
 
My approach now is to try and do what Miles Davis is said to have recommended: If you don't hear anything to play, if you're not sure what to play, DON"T play. Like the guys said, horn players sit out a lot...
WVa Bob
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