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

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are right Joe Mikel Herbin did not play enough and my apology's to the city of St. Louis 
For continuing to miss spell Louis ( Lewis, Geez ! )  

Mike Wilbur


On Sep 16, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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