Re: [Harp-L] Miles / All Blues

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 11, 2009, at 10:46 PM, icemanle@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  For the record, the quote below was not from my posting, but from  
> a follow up posting by another lister.
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> Harmonica can convey a great feeling to jazz - both chromatic and  
> sometimes diatonic.
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> Actually, a diatonic makes a TERRIFIC jazz instrument. ...er...as  
> long as it is Smokey tuned.
smokey-joe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John F. Potts <hvyj@xxxxxxx>
> To: icemanle@xxxxxxx
> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 7:54 pm
> Subject: [Harp-L] Miles / All Blues
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> Iceman  sayeth:
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>  Even at that, the harmonica in jazz just cannot convey the
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> feeling I get from listening to a good sax or trumpet player.
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> Larry,
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> 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.
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> Btw, IMHO, the Miles Davis album “Kind of Blue” is (at least  
> arguably) the best album ever recorded at any time in any genre.
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> Best regards,
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> JP
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