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

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

Thank you... Yes, I think it was probably played by George Fields. I  guess 
that Satchmo simply covered the song later on.
I know Blackie has played the tune... ( A great harmonicist as well as a  
true gentleman!)
Some un-expected people have been harmonica players, Ella Fitzgerald for  
example...
And yes, I think Louis Armstrong was one of the best musical innovators of  
the 20th Centaury, even if he wasn't a harmonica player!
Best wishes,
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Just now in:
Scotland.
 
 
 message dated 9/12/2012 6:54:05 P.M. GMT Daylight Time,  
timeistight@xxxxxxxxx writes:
 
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_ 
(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@xxxxxxxx 
(mailto: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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