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

["Bart van Strien" <knuppel@xxxxxxxxx>]

He did ride his bicycle round the moon though   ;-)

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From: "Arthur Jennings" <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <MundHarp@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica on "Moon River"


> 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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