Re: [Harp-L] Fourth position-Coltrane

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ooooh, I forgot to say...it was only a 350 (mustang) NOT a cobra. 289  
tri-power (341 horse). Tonight we had a girl sit in at the gig and  
she had a style that was very much like Cannonball's. She was even  
playing a Cannonball Alto. When I told her I thought she sounded like  
him, I was surprised to find that HE is the player she had studied  
the most intently. I always liked his style. Not too too bombastic.  
Sometimes pretty lush. Like a slightly more awake version of Stan Getz.

I'm not real big on flash bang grenade players, but some of them  
really grab me. Oh, and I made a mistake. The year I was at the  
Hilton in San Juan was 1963 (not 62). I havd been there several  
times. I did my navy time in the Caribe and saw a lot of the mambo  
kings. Somene told me Santamaria was from Ciudad Trujillo in the Dom  
Rep, but I think he may have been from Kooba. lol

smokey-joe

On Mar 29, 2010, at 1:26 AM, J D Hoskins wrote:

> Crusin' around in a Shelby listening to Cannonball, Jimmy  
> Smith, .... You may be old, but you've got class!  JD
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe leone" <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "joe leone" <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Fourth position-Coltrane
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>
> > > > --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, THOMAS FIACCO  
> > > > <mx714@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Your'e not saying it's better than Coltrane,are you?
> > Only inasmuch as it is being done on harp. I like sop-sax, but   
> > Coltrane's rendition is a wee bit slow (and pinchey). I used to  
> > have  him on the 4 track (shows my age) SJB tape player I had in  
> > my Shelby.  Cannonball Adderly, Hugh Masakela, Hubert Laws,  
> > Dorothy Ashby, Jimmy  Smith. That kind of stuff.
> >
> > smo-joe
> > >