Re: [Harp-L] Subject: The inimitable Toots Thielemans

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Well said, John. What struck me is how this is a true duet between the  
vocalist and the harmonica 'voice'. Toots keeps playing throughout -  doesn't 
stop and allow the vocalist to be totally dominant (the way so  many seem to 
insist it's 'supposed' to be when playing accompaniment). He  weaves his 
chromatic around and through the singer's voice - adding so much to  the song - 
which, incidentally, I find especially poignant at this stage of  his life 
since I believe the English translation to be: 'Life, how  she(or it) 
passes'.
 
Elizabeth
 
PS: really dig Salvatore Adamo's voice. I didn't know of him before.
 
Message: 7
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:36:13 -0500
From: John Kerkhoven  <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Subject: The  inimitable Toots Thielemans
To: EGS1217@xxxxxxx
Cc:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Great stuff... saw him & Kenny Werner just last  week. He's a gentleman and 
his playing is constantly surprising. I don't know  how he chooses his 
notes. He is no slave to melody but plays with the greatest  respect for the 
melody. Also what really struck me is the liberty with which he  and Werner 
play -- both individually and together. 

John

> No  one like Toots, here with Salvatore Adamo - dueting on:
> 
> 'La Vie  Comme Elle Passe'
> 
> 
>  _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbQ41zcjfK4&feature=related_ 
> (_http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qbQ41zcjfK4&feature=related_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qbQ41zcjfK4&feature=related) ) 

>  SO beautiful...

> Elizabeth