Man! Jason sure knows what he's doing. I attribute it to his knowledge of theory... the guy's a real musician.
So many of the players perceived as "speed players" are very limited, drawing from the bag of 2nd position blues scale licks and triplet patterns, but Jason is really quite musical. And he's developed quite a sense of space and phrasing. I suspect that people who say he plays too many notes or he plays too much aren't really listening to what he's playing or considering it in a musical context.
Thanks for sharing it! ---------- Marc Graci YouTube Channel
usually not as rabid a fan as others, but I find this to be pretty damn good. Actually like it better than a lot of current examples/videos out there. How many years ago? ---------- The Iceman
He sure can play third position. I think this one (2nd position) here of Jason's is one of the best blues harmonica solos I've heard. It's a "straight 8ths" rock groove so perhaps some would not consider it blues: https://youtu.be/lYQ_E4SMPuo?t=2m39s
@blingty - Not sure why straight 8th wouldn't be considered blues. Some well known straight 8th blues:
Got My Mojo Working (Muddy Waters) Tell Me Mama (Little Walter) Rolling & Tumbling (Baby Face Leroy Foster feat. LW) Snatch it Back and Hold it (along with several other Junior Wells tunes including Messin' with the Kid, Cha Cha in Bluesand Stomach Ache) =========== Winslow
Indeed, yes... it was just a comment on the groove, that it was a rock/straight 8ths groove rather than a classic shuffle that might be expected when someone says "blues harmonica solo". It would also be easy to say "hey dude, that's not blues harmonica, that's ROCK harmonica!" :-) when we can hear that the solo itself and the form comes straight from the blues, with added Jason inventiveness. I take the point though; good examples of straight 8th/non-shuffle/non-triplet-swing blues.
Crackin' solo! I urge others to check out Jason's video from my post... youtube embedding is disabled for that one, unfortunately.
