Re: [Harp-L] Re: Genius? LOL

[Ev630 <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx>]

Howard Levy, yes. Agree he was groundbreaking.

But who's done anything honestly new in the last 20 years?

As for the rest how are they doing anything innovative that they didn't
derive from other instruments or genres?

I'm not questioning their virtuosity, I just doubt we are discussing genius
in these instances.

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Bill <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "nobody in the field of the harmonica currently whose breaking any new
> ground"
>
> Howard Levy? Gregoire Maret? Brendan Power? Sebastien Charlier? Vincent
> Bucher? Olivier ker Ourio?
>
> To name but a few - all breaking new ground I'd have thought, all really
> distinctive....
>
> Bill
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ev630" <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Genius? LOL
>
>
>  To me, the word genius has to have some element of groundbreaking vision.
>>
>> Yes, perhaps. But there's nobody in the field of the harmonica currently
>> whose breaking any new ground. And thus we return to the assertion that
>> sparked this discussion. I don't see much innovation in any musical genre
>> currently. (And of course innovation isn't necessary for enjoyment).
>>
>> No doubt folks will throw up some usual suspect names, but I suspect that
>> says more about their narrow taste in music than supports the assertion
>> the
>> players they "really, really like" are innovative or possessed of any
>> genius.
>>
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>