[Harp-L] Genius? LOL

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From: Cljdm@xxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Genius? LOL


Hey all,
 
If there ever was a proper use of this term genius, it should be applied to Howard Levy's harmonica playing and innovations throughout the years. I hear he was born on the planet Musicar. Anyone ever been there?
 
Chris Mastakas
 

In a message dated 4/25/2010 10:06:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
To me   Howard doesn't just take the harmonica into places it's not been to   
before, he takes music there too, that's where the genius it comes   in.  He's 
a monster musician, just like Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten   and Glen Velez 
and Eugene Freisen are monsters on their own instruments   and it's the 
ensemble sound created by the combination of those unique and   special 
talents is what matters. It's not just harmonica played like   nobody ever 
imagined it could be,  it's the instrumentation as a   whole and the 
compositions and the arrangements and ultimately the   definition of that 
infinitely indefinable and perenially evolving thing -   jazz.

You need to seperate that out from the - this is what you can do   on the 
harmonica side of Howard -  that's the scientist demonstrating   his research 
findings and personally I'm very glad he   does