Re: [Harp-L] need some recommendations: diatonic instrumentalists

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michel Herblin did a great job at the jazz jams. BUT he didn't play enough. Very mannerly and laid back. 
smo-joe

On Sep 15, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Mike Wilbur wrote:

> With all the discussion about Diatonic Jazz / mentor/ artists I would agree with all the names mentioned.
> To begin a list for me would be leaving out many deserving players....so I won't attempt that
> But one man that many of us were first introduced to at SPAH in St. Lewis is
> A French Jazz Diatonic player who in his words " became bored with Blues only "
> 
> Check out Michel Herblin. 
> 
> Mike Wilbur
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 15, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Eric,
>>       I find myself wondering why, as a guy who is ".. mostly familiar
>> with the
>> well known blues harp players from the Walters to JR and all points in
>> between" (I'm not sure about "all points in between") you are so keen to
>> go directly to playing "modern". But it's a trend I've noted for a long
>> time among blues players.
>> If I were to advise a diatonic Richter system player, with a background of
>> playing
>> blues, wanting to play any kind of 'jazz' how to proceed, I'd say learn
>> your scales and chord
>> arpeggios, learn the 'standards' - a lot of modern stuff is based on the
>> changes of
>> 'standards' - and listen to all jazz, from, 20s on.
>> I think a lot of the attraction for harp players to the 'modern' is that it
>> sounds modal, and
>> apparently open ended. I hear a lot of people trying to play mod. jazz on
>> the harp, and
>> most of them clearly know nothing about the harmonic underpinnings. All
>> 'free'.
>> I'd start by checking out Blues Birdhead, Rhythm Willie, Gwen Foster and
>> Don Les for starters.
>> Then there's Howard Levy, of course, to come up to date. Philip Jers, is
>> someone who
>> has impressed me, both on diatonic and chromatic. There's a cat in
>> Nashville Tenn., whose name escapes me, but is well worth a listen
>> ....ah..is it Bergerson? Joe Leone's diatonic playing is worth checking out
>> too.
>> (His chrom playing ain't bad either, but that's off-topic -just in case you
>> read this, Joe)
>> But maybe you are ahead of me anyway?
>> Cheers,
>> RD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 15 September 2013 04:43, Eric Miller <miller.eric.t@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey all..
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to build a repertoire of instrumental songs for live performance
>>> on diatonic.  Songs like Summertime and St. James Infirmary are "sort of"
>>> in the vein I'm looking for, but hoping to get turned on to something more
>>> modern than Jazz standards.  Jimi Lee and/or Brendan Power have some stuff
>>> that's very close to what I'm looking for...
>>> 
>>> I'm relatively new to the harmonica world, and I'm mostly familiar with the
>>> well known blues harp players from the Walters to JR and all points in
>>> between, so I don't really know where to look for this kind of music for
>>> inspiration/learning.
>>> 
>>> Who are some well known diatonic performers who are well known to produce a
>>> good quantity and quality of modern instrumental music on the diatonic,
>>> that would be suitable for building a live performance repertoire?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
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