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

[Cara Cooke <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

I cannot say that the name was terribly wrong.  Harmonica players are, to
some degree, "wind bags".  The name fits.  :-)

Cara

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Patrice Rayon <stpat95@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> The funny anecdote I read in a book written by one of the most famous
> harmonica player of the history in France, whom the name was Albert Raisner:
>
> When Django Reinhardt met Larry Adler, he badly understood his name, that
> looks like a game of words in french:  "Le roi de l'air" which the
> translation in english in "The king of air" ...So Django Reinhardt kept to
> call Larry Adler : "Le roi de l'air" (the king of air)
>
> Patrice  Rayon
> http://harmonica-world.over-blog.com/
>
> > From: David Naiditch <davidnaiditch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Harp-L] My Favorite Larry Adler Recordings
>  > 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
>
>
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