Re: [Harp-L] "All Blues" - Sam Friedman

[Sam Friedman <sammyasher@xxxxxxxxx>]

Haha yea sorry for the confusion Venky, "All Blues" is the name of the
song. It's usually played with much more "jazz vocabulary" than even I did.

-Sam


On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Venky Ramakrishna <jazzyvenky@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Sam -
> The title should be- "Anything but blues"; there's some degree of
> confusion between the influences if I may add- Howard Levy style and
> others. If I had to take away all of your overblowing/ position playing
> techniques (which you are good at) from the show, the blues rendition is
> just aweful. And I don't understand the need for that extra playing- it
> affects the outcome of your product in a negative way. In this regard, Todd
> Parrot and TJ Klay stand out as impressive players.
>
> Also, listen to what Carlos del Junco has to offer and take it from there.
>
> Venky
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Sam Friedman <sammyasher@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>>  Here's a recent video of my trio playing All Blues. Unfortunately the
>> sound quality isn't great, so I recommend/encourage you to listen with
>> good
>> speakers or headphones to be able to hear the bass well. Let me know what
>> you think!
>>
>> -Sam
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwu3AZG_47k&feature=youtu.be
>>
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