Re: [Harp-L] Grégoire Maret

[Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>]

Of the working jazz chrom players I prefer Hendrik Meurkens. Lyrical, great
tone, great chops, great ear. And funny.


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:38 PM, martin oldsberg
<martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Caught a snippet of a Jacky Terrason concert the other day (Swedish
> televison) where Grégoire Maret sat in on a jam on at least one song.
>   I´ve heard him quite a few times over the years with Cassandra Wilson,
> Charlie Hunter et al, and he´s obviously a well-schooled player and
> tremendously successful -- but I just don´t "get" him.
>   He´s forged an individual style (although at times he sounds a bit like
> a truncated Toots T), likes to play on the outside of chords, rather dry
> tone/sound, no vibrato (almost) and a sort of choppy phrasing -- certainly
> not ingratiating.
>
>   Strange, perhaps interesting but -- apart from recognizing his skills --
> he does not move me at all. I´m not into slamming him (as if he´d care
> ...), and you could say the problem is mine, but am I alone in this? Or can
> someone give some pointers on what he´s up to.
> Cheers,
> Martin
> PS I don´t give a rats ass what instrument he´s using (it´s chromatic
> harmonica!), lubrication oils, amplifiers, microphones etc: this is about
> the music.
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