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

[Maurice Nazzaro <mauricenazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Blues can be interpreted In all genres however the common thread in any song, blues, jazz, rock, whatever is a MELODY which is non existent here. 
Melody and rhythm Please!      

Maurice Nazzaro

On 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
>>