Re: [Harp-L] My Favorite Larry Adler Recordings

[Cara Cooke <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

That is a great story.  I am glad we have the recordings of Larry
Adler that we do -- and they show up in the darnedest places.  I have
a recording of an obscure old radio show just because Larry Adler was
the guest.

Cara

On 4/3/12, David Naiditch <davidnaiditch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I was a kid, I played this version of Summertime so many times that I
> wore out the record.  I’m forever impressed how Larry Adler keeps changing
> his tone.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpnnBHYAhJs
>
>
>
> In 1980, Larry Adler played Summertime with the violin virtuoso Itzhak
> Perlman.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI6wZNBLOY0
>
>
>
> I also enjoy these recordings of Adler with the great Gypsy jazz guitarist,
> Django Reinhardt:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epq8siKTg1c
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViO_DUbAZak
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPHc-k_R0_A
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVNJkDdurk
>
> I recently recorded a Gypsy jazz CD, “Douce Ambiance: Gypsy Jazz Classics,”
> (listen at http://airplaydirect.com/music/davidnaiditch/) so I’m especially
> interested in these Gypsy jazz recordings.
>
>
>
> When I was in Jr. High school, I took lessons from Sonny Terry.  John
> Pilgrim told the following Sonny Terry/Larry Adler  story in the Gardian
> (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/aug/09/guardianobituaries).
>
>       “In 1975, I was backing the blues harmonica virtuoso Sonny Terry, and
> guitarist Brownie McGhee, in a show at the London School of Economics. A
> shadowy figure in the wings was trying to attract attention. Being blind,
> Sonny Terry couldn't see this, so I went over to see what the problem was.
>
>      It was Larry Adler, surprisingly humble, wanting to sit in with Sonny
> Terry for a number. Sonny called him on and they played Careless Love,
> Adler's rich orthodox chording contrasting oddly with Terry's "crossed harp"
> a fourth above the key.
>
>      They finished to cries for more, but Adler addressed the audience
> ruefully: ‘Sonny Terry was the only man to blow me off the stage in America.
> Now he's done it again. Twice is enough - you must listen to the man who
> does it best,’ and left the stage.”
>
>
> David Naiditch
>
> www.davidnaiditch.com