Re: [Harp-L] video- CHEROKEE by Yvonnick Prene

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And I apologize for the way IPad choses to print my type ! :)

Mike Wilbur

> On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Rereading my post, I misused you're. Just in case the grammar nazis are watching.
> 
>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Gotta say
>> Jazz Harp gets most of my attention and I do enjoy playing Blues and some Rock but
>>  although Prene Yvonnick  has obvious phenomenal ability I can't say I enjoyed the  "rushing"
>> of Cherokee.
>> I do love Jazz, since the mid sixty's, stumbling into the Light House on the Pier in Manhattan
>> Beach and hearing Miles Davis jamming in his neighborhood bar, with not a clue as to who he was....
>> 
>> Admittedly I'm not very good but I'm not stupid.....Ma says I'm not !
>> 
>> 
>> Mike Wilbur
>> 
>> 
>> > On Sep 27, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > I love jazz and it is my main study right now.   However, you're argument
>> > seems pretty ridiculous.  Jazz is the best because it's the hardest.  If
>> > you don't like it it's because you're not as good!  Whatever, music is
>> > subjective.
>> > Michael Rubin
>> > michaelrubinharmonica.com
>> >
>> >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> No argument here! Yvonnick is an amazing player and he's put out a lot of
>> >> great stuff over the last couple of years -- a ton of youtube videos and
>> >> some really nice studio albums.
>> >>
>> >> I encourage folks who like what he's doing to actually support his work by
>> >> buying a CD or 2 (I have "Introducing", "Jour de FeTe", and "Wonderful
>> >> World" and really dig them all). The first one "Introducing" he doesn't
>> >> even mention on his website (http://yvonnickprene.com) -- I think it was
>> >> download-only from CD Baby and then was removed at some point. All 3 albums
>> >> are well produced and sound terrific. Of the 3, "Wonderful World" may be
>> >> the most accessible to those who aren't hard core jazz fans -- some really
>> >> beautiful, as well as hot, stuff on that one -- mostly standards performed
>> >> in the gypsy swing style. "Jour de FeTe" is in a modern jazz style, very
>> >> introspective and tasty. Check out the samples online and don't just
>> >> spotify -- put some cash on the table ;-).
>> >>
>> >> Like a number of today's great young jazz musicians, he's starting out
>> >> with extremely serious chops that exceed what I expect to achieve in my
>> >> lifetime. That does make me a bit jealous, but more power to him for
>> >> dedicating himself to this amazing music and having the talent and drive to
>> >> pull it off. So I just put my ego aside and enjoy the ride.
>> >>
>> >> - Slim.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> www.SlideManSlim.com
>> >>
>> >>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Randy Singer wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Another astounding jazz chromatic solo!
>> >>>
>> >>> Many players do not like bebop for many reasonsâ.too many notesâthey
>> >> donât understand itââetc.
>> >>>
>> >>> I believe that it is just jealousy that they are not in command of their
>> >> instrument and therefore do not like hearing others in total musical
>> >> command.
>> >>>
>> >>> It is the highest calling of a musician to be able to improvise in any
>> >> key, at any tempo to any song and jazz is the vehicle for the highest form
>> >> of
>> >>> music imo. I read somewhere that the brains of jazz musicians are almost
>> >> super human or something like that.
>> >>>
>> >>> Many will argue, go ahead but if you donât like jazz it might because
>> >> you are not open enough for anything other than what you know.
>> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x7gUEs_Cvc&list=TLoQxUyobdxPSvtykG01RjNpjpvcGmtNTY&index=2
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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