Re: [Harp-L] Re:Players to Listen To

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

You want simple musical story telling, listen to Tony Bennet.
You want elegant phrasing, listen to Frank Sinatra.
You want musical excitement and improv ideas, listen to Ella Fitzgerald.
You want smooth phrasing, listen to Mel Torme.
You want pentatonic ideas, listen to Van Morrison.




-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: B Boggs <ceudoazul@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 10:46 pm
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re:Players to Listen To


Take a tune you like. Do it like the best SINGER you ever heard do it. 
smo-joe

On Mar 20, 2012, at 7:54 PM, B Boggs wrote:

> I will take this one to the bank...
>  
> "But the BEST advice I can give came from Toots himself...he said,
> 
> "Stop listening to harmonicas players, listen to "great players" and develop 
YOUR own voice on the instrument"
> 
> Best,
> Rob Paparozzi"