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

[Sam Friedman <sammyasher@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Maurice, thanks for your feedback. I actually do play the melody of
"All Blues" pretty clearly in the beginning and end. Take a listen to the
track from Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" and you'll hear what the original
tune is.

-Sam

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Maurice Nazzaro <mauricenazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> 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
> >>
>