[Harp-L] Damien Masterson at the 2009 West Coast Jazz Harmonica Summit

[Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks -

If you are fan of great chromatic playing, this is really not to be  
missed. My pal Damien Masterson is one of my favorite chrom players  
and I think everyone who was at the West Coast Jazz Harmonica Summit  
last August would agree that he played his butt off that night. It was  
an inspiring set.

The tune I just posted on YouTube was the first tune of the set, a  
beautiful original ballad called "Astoria" (It's also on his latest  
album). He followed this with Donald Fagan's "New Frontier" and  
Michael Brecker's "African Skies", but I've only posted "Astoria" for  
now because I'm saving some of the best stuff to debut on the DVD of  
the summit, available this summer. Anyway, in the mean time, please  
enjoy "Astoria":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4XGBXLjGMA

And for more info about Damien's latest album, please see this blog  
entry from a few months back:

http://smsjazz.blogspot.com/2009/11/damien-masterson-all-over-map.html

Thanks,

- Slim.

www.SlideManSlim.com
www.JazzHarmonicaSummit.com
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