[Harp-L] Miles / All Blues

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

Iceman  sayeth:

 Even at that, the harmonica in jazz just cannot convey the
feeling I get from listening to a good sax or trumpet player.

Larry,

True enough for the overwhelming most part.  But, there is a tune on  
the ANGEL HEART movie soundtrack CD called "Right Key, But the Wrong  
Keyhole" sung by Lillian Boutte.  On this tune,  Sugar Blue plays  
amplified diatonic harmonica and sounds so much like a muted trumpet,  
you don't realize it's a harmonica at first.  But, even after you do,  
the phrasing is so jazz horn like that it's amazing  and conveys that  
precise feel and feeling one gets listening to a good jazz sax or  
trumpet player.  Incredible, very sophisticated performance.  
Unbelievable tone and phrasing. I've never heard anything else like  
it from a harmonica player.

Btw, IMHO, the Miles Davis album “Kind of Blue” is (at least  
arguably) the best album ever recorded at any time in any genre.

Best regards,

JP