Re: [Harp-L] Fourth position-Coltrane

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 28, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Jp Pagán wrote:

> Just a point of order:
>
> "Afro Blue" was composed and first recorded by Mongo Santamaria.  
> Hey, don't want anyone to forget him, ya know?
>
> --Jp
>
> p.s. I take issue with the use of the term "repetitious," Smo... ;)

I know, I met Mongo in 1962. The location was Trader Vic's at the  
Caribe Hilton. I was in the navy at the time and was there with 3  
other sailors. We had dinner and I had the Chateau Briand ala Ponce  
de Leon. I was joking around as how my last name in Spanish was Leon.  
Btw, Mongo's last name is Saint Mary in English. His big tune at the  
time was...I believe...Watermelon man. We talked with him on a break.  
Nice guy. When we went to pay our bill (which was hefty), it had been  
picked up by the Hilton.

Ok, repetitious is like .. da da da da-da  da da da. da  da da da da- 
da  da da da,  da da  da  da-da, da da da,  da da da da-da. da da da

Your points and issue are noted, appreciated, understood, and I feel  
your passion. All I said was it's a hard tune to do a lot with, and I  
admire Jason for squeezing that much out of it. No biggie.       :)
Jose Carlos Leone di San Marco
> --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, THOMAS FIACCO <mx714@...>  
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I don't know how many people appreciate how hard it is to do  
> something with this tune. As with most Afro influenced tunes (Afro  
> Blue, Afro Harping, etc), they are rhythm based and quite  
> repetitious. Very little bridge to work with. This is a GREAT here.  
> I am delighted when someone comes along and does a tune better than  
> the original artist.
> >
> > Jose Carlos Dos Equis (smo-joe)
> >
> > Your'e not saying it's better than Coltrane,are you?
> >