Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica on "Moon River"

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Moon River = George Fields

On Sep 12, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Arthur Jennings wrote:

> I've studied the life of Louis Armstrong pretty extensively and I've never
> heard of him playing the harmonica. He did record the song, so many that's
> where the confusion arises,
> 
> According to this thread on SlideMeister (
> http://www.slidemeister.com/forums/index.php?topic=474.0) , it was George
> Fields on the movie soundtrack. Tommy Morgon must have played on someone's
> version; I'm sure he talked about playing it in his 2009 SPAH seminar.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:47 AM, <MundHarp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Someone  said Louis Armstrong played the harmonica part on "Moon River"
>> from the film  soundtrack of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"... But I thought it
>> was
>> Blackie  Schetner, or possibly Tommy Morgan?
>> Of  course Louis Armstrong was a wonderful musician and (mostly) played
>> jazz cornet  and trumpet plus of course a singer. I didn't know if he was
>> also
>> a  chromatic harmonicist?
>> 
>> John  "Whiteboy" Walden
>> Just  now,
>> In  Scotland
>> 
> 
> 
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> Arthur Jennings
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