[Harp-L] Re:david naiditch and his band of gypsies



hey, I'm just listening to David Naiditch's new Gypsy Jazz CD....

It's reminding me of Stephane Grappelli's playing...when he was alive.....and if he'd played chromatic harmonica.

A unique approach to harmonica that I find really fun.....

At first , it sounds like there's a jazz banjo involved, but that can't be the case, because who would listen to jazz banjo, even if it existed??

Yeah, it's jazz banjo... and it's really good. No Banjo Jokes here on this one.

Aside from being a unique listening experience, any chromatic player would be well-advised to transcribe at least a couple of the tunes and learn them up to speed (Bossa Dorado and Lady Be Good are good starting points)... also get David's bluegrass album and learn his version of "Blackberry Blossom" up to speed... no matter what style you like, learning to play those tunes will make you a better player. An inexpensive but somewhat time-consuming lesson for sure.

If you get a chance to see David play, you'll be amazed at how little effort he seems to use to make it all work... David seems to have stopped reading The Professional Harmonica Handbook before he got to that all-important chapter where it says that audiences are impressed by seeing a player turn red, move all about and work up a sweat when they play even the simplest of passages....

David's learned to make the hardest of passages look and sound effortless.. a fine thing, to be appreciated by the blind and sighted alike.

I'd have to say that David's mom's review of his CD : (http://www.davidnaiditch.com/DavidNaiditch/Reviews.html )

"I’d rather a thousand camels fart in my ear than listen to this dreadful music."

doesn't reflect how I see things, but she's probably still harboring unexpressed resentments from the "Terrible Twos" that all parents endure during the child-raising process, so, in some ways, it's understandable.

Anyhow, a fine album, CD or whatever they call them these days.... for listening and learning both.

Very nice playing.

kip, los angeles.






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