Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jazz-Blues Fusion

egs1217@xxxxxxx · Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:27:41 EST

Grant:  There are a few French/Belgian (of course leading off with the  one 
and only Toots Thielemans) harmonica players with their best  
(subjectively) works on the Inspirations album produced by Jean Jacques  Milteau...Great 
album.

Michel Herblin's 'Voice', Thierry Crommen's 'Mellow Man', Olivier Ker  
Ourio's 'Sur le Ciel de Paris', 'Moody' by Greg Szlapczynski...with songs by  
others of JJ's choices: Stevie Wonder, Sonny Boy Williamson, Charlie McCoy,  
James Cotton, Magic Dick, Deford Bailey, Sonny Terry, Walter Horton and  
others...you can't go wrong with this album.

here's a link where you can also hear clips:

_http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5508552/a/Inspiration:+22+Gre
at+Harmonica+Performances.htm_ 
(http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5508552/a/Inspiration:+22+Great+Harmonica+Performances.htm) 

or its tiny url: 

_http://tinyurl.com/ykag4r4_ (http://tinyurl.com/ykag4r4) 

I'm not knocking at all the diatonic playing of Black Orpheus since the guy 
 here plays it very well indeed (I never have believed in putting down  one 
harmonica player in order to promote another)...

...but personally my preference is for Black Orpheus on chromatic as in Rob 
 Paparozzi's  cool interpretation here:

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCKE3rVVthM_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCKE3rVVthM) 

mainly because he hones just a bit closer to the jazzy 'Jobim' sound  
someone else mentions too on the youtube...I think this song plays 'better'  
(better being purely subjective for my ears, anyway), and I find Rob's  version 
melodious and jazzy. Perhaps it's also purely because I'm  a chromatic 
player although Rob's also a dynamite diatonic player and  did play other numbers 
in his set that night on diatonic. I was present for  this show...very 
close to the front so got to hear it upclose and  personal...without filtering 
through the camera's audio pickup.  It  was really good.

Either way, it's a great tune on harmonica.

Elizabeth

"Message: 6
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:36:52 -0800
From: Grant Walters  <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jazz-Blues Fusion
To:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

unfortunately I do not speak French but did go the the  Blog site  
mentioned below..
If you scroll down to the
Extraits  sonore...

section you will find the links to some French  performers...
I found two that were pretty good right away..thanks for the  links..
I was very impressed with Sebastien Charlier and found some  great  
instructional stuff on you tube..
This stuff is advanced  diatonic lesson by a real pro...very cool  how  
to play Black  Orpheus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUV3oaTT1Vs&feature=related

Also  stumbled on to Jason Rosenblatt / Round  Midnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu0L5e1hxsU&feature=related

Then  went to his Klezmer band site...

I just love Harp-L
Oh  yeah...I'm  suppposed to be at work.

thanks  again
Grant

On Dec 20, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Patrice Rayon  wrote:

>
> Thank you for your very nice message Bill  :)
>
> There is one from Normandy living in USA for years already  (Frédéric  
> Yonnet).
> I also thing about a very good french  player whose the name is :  
> Olivier Ker Ourio (Chromatic).
>  An other making beautifull music is Michel Herblin.
> Perhaps the most  famous of all is Jean Jacques Milteau, also Greg  
> Szlapczynski  (Polish but spent more time in France than Polland, and  
> installed  in France), Jean Sabot (Celtic Music), Nico Wayne Toussain  
>  (living in Miami now I believe), Christelle Berton ;-), Paul Lassey   
> (post lots of video as well on YouTube and very good teacher,  also  
> via Internet)... The problem when you start to give names is  that  
> you forget lots of great people... In Belgium there is Jean  Toots  
> Thielmans (Adopted by USA ;) ...who had to wait for a while  before  
> to be recognized in Belgium), Thierry Crommen, Geneviève  Dartevelle...
>
> In fact dealing with the french harp players and  french mother  
> language speaking I made a blog that I keep alive  and I intend to  
> keep it up and more and more complete with the  time... I added some  
> small flags getting the page to be  translated via Google translator  
> for all of you, in love with  harmonica like me and other :) ...the  
> rest of the familly ;)  ...
> Perhaps there is better than Google Translator, but I don't want  to  
> put money for this blog because I make no money at all (I  don't want  
> it commercial,NEVER)... I just want to share with all  what I know !...
>
> My blog is here (click your flag ;) ...) :  
http://harmonica-francophone.over-blog.com/
>
> I think the article  on Sébastien Charlier on Delphi'Muz is very good  
> (there was an  other in September I believe).
> I was also lucky enough to be invited by  Sébastien Charlier to the  
> very last day of "Precious time" Mix...  I am about to put an other  
> article on Sébastien when possible  (still some missing photo because  
> to make a bit more space and  easy the reading). I tell you here when  
> I do it ! Benoit Felten  also kows a lot Sébastien, I don't know if  
> he wasin France at  this time, but I am pretty sure he was also  
> invited by  Seb...
> The MySpace of Seb.Charlier is:  http://www.myspace.com/sebcharlier
>
> Just have a look to my french  speaking blog and I let you perhaps  
> discover some very nice  player from France, Belgium, Switzerland,  
> Québec, etc...
>  I am sure if you look for there friends on MySpace, links etc... you   
> can search for other that I would have forgotten...
>
>  Harmonicalement
> Patrice Rayon
> PS: I am trying to set an other  blog for the rest of the  
> world...just links, nothing exceptionnal  but could be interresting  
> for any people in love with  harmonica.
> http://harmonica-world.over-blog.com/ (there are some flag  there as  
> well ;) ...)
>
>> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009  17:45:54 -0000
>> From: "Bill"  <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jazz-Blues  Fusion
>> To: J?r?me P. <peyrelevade@xxxxxxx>,  <bluesmandan@xxxxxxx>,
>>   <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ...
>> Thanks for posting that  Jerome - yes Sebastien Charlier's amazing!   
>> I  think
>> getting to see him live next year might be on my new  year  
>> resolutions list.
>> Do you know of a good  place to see him or does he have a residency  
>>  anywhere?
>>
>> France is so well off for great harp players,  it would be good if  
>> there was
>> a way of finding  out more about the french harp scene for those of  
>> us  whose
>> french isn't very good - you can go to Paris and be back in  time for
>> breakfast from here.
>>
>> I get turned  on by things I haven't heard before, so as long as  
>> it's  done
>> with taste, every innovation is good with  me.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>  Bill
>
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