Re: [Harp-L] David Naiditch & Jon Kip Playing Coquette Together

[Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>]

David and Jon

Outstanding! I am going to be studying those solos this week.

Any chance I could get the backing track?

MusiCal (aka Daniel)



On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 7:07 AM, David Naiditch
<davidnaiditch@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Seems hard to believe that Jon Kip and I are both playing chromatic
> harmonicas on this tune, Django Reinhardt's Coquette.  Our tone, feel,
> phrasing, and choice of notes are very different.  Whereas Jon is a
> professional jazz musician, I feel as comfortable playing straight-ahead
> jazz as a hillbilly in a tuxedo.  To play with Jon, I decided to level the
> playing field a bit. I had guitarist Jeff Radaich record a Gypsy jazz
> backup track with that strong percussive rhythm I’ve grown to love.  For
> some inexplicable reason, Jon agreed to play to this track. I play the head
> and first solo, Jon takes the second solo, and then we trade off.
>
> SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/david-naiditch/coquette
>
> YouTube Slideshow:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IqhMamp1GU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUiXjpZRLwizBae0sgQalwcw