RE: [Harp-L] redefining an instrument

["Anthony Smith" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I haven't spent too much time on this list in the last 15 years but
who could disagree with your comments on Howard?  Not I!  The mere mention
of a fellow as unique and innovative as Howard?  I gotta go and see...  



-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mick Zaklan
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:38 AM
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Subject: [Harp-L] redefining an instrument

   Though he has his detractors, I think few would argue that Howard Levy
has changed the way the diatonic harmonica is played.  Radically expanding
technique and adding a slew of new repertoire.  Guys like that don't come
along very often.  If you do a lot of reading about music, as I have, you
run across basically the same list of names and it's a short list.  But
every instrument seems to have a guy or two who have come out of nowhere to
shake things up.
   I only bring this up because I was driving my route yesterday, happily
listening to NPR (National Public Radio), when I was intrigued to hear that
the much-maligned Hohner Company may actually have a second such innovator
on it's roster of endorsers.  A cat by the name of Steve Jordan:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104845790.  You can
either read the story or click on the audio and hear some of Steve's playing
in the background.  This is not a harmonica story, by the way.

Mick Zaklan
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