Re: [Harp-L] Toots preference for Eb & Bb

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I went through my Warner Bros real books last night, after this subject came up. Jazz, & Standards. Eb position veritably DRIPS off of a chromo. So there's no reason not to use a C for Eb..And almost as good for Bb.. But early in his career, Toots was doing a simplified version of what I still do. Sure, he only used 1 other harp, and I use 4, but it's the same thing. 

On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Steve Baker wrote:

> I assume Toots likes those keys because he's a jazz musician who was massively influenced by (and worked with) sax players. Many jazz tunes are written in those keys as they lay out well on the sax.
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