tmf714
1951 posts
Sep 08, 2013
2:33 PM
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Todd Parrott
1145 posts
Sep 08, 2013
9:25 PM
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What a great find! Thanks for posting, tmf714! Lots of great players in that video.
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Frank
2713 posts
Sep 09, 2013
9:23 AM
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Enjoyed R. Sleigh playing into a glass...That is a really fun and easy way to beef up acoustic tone.
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JInx
525 posts
Sep 09, 2013
11:55 AM
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does anyone else hear some wacky intonation issues in there? probably adam is right, and my headphones suck....but some some of that rings like a clamor to me.
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The Iceman
1142 posts
Sep 09, 2013
12:14 PM
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This was Winslow Yerxa's Bunch o' Guys project in 1997 or so.
The concept was interesting and fun to do, but there are intonation issues when you try to get all those harmonicas to play in good tune and in good tune with each other, as a lot of the notes are created through bending techniques.
Winslow charted everything out based on the original recordings.
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tmf714
1955 posts
Sep 09, 2013
12:18 PM
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I concur with Larry-clamor is a little harsh-some of it is tape slowdown and recording quality,but yes,thereare going to be intonation issues in a situation like that-overall I enjoyed the hell out of it!!
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WinslowYerxa
397 posts
Sep 09, 2013
12:52 PM
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Thanks, guys. I had to wince at a lot of our intonation issues hearing this again after all this time. THe Ellington stuff re-ceates the original charts, while the Django stuff is largely my new arrangements as Django didn't usually play with a 5-piece horn section.
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Last Edited by WinslowYerxa on Sep 09, 2013 12:53 PM
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robbert
240 posts
Sep 09, 2013
7:35 PM
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All of it was cool. Some of it was amazing. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Gnarly
689 posts
Sep 09, 2013
9:06 PM
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Is Dennis playing an Alto Single on the section that starts at 13:24? And isn't that Joe Filisko using the glass?
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REM
230 posts
Sep 09, 2013
9:20 PM
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Gnarly,
Dennis appears to be playing a Tombo Contrabass (which, despite the name, is actually more in the baritone range). It has the same sort of layout (two row piano like layout, all blow notes) as the Suzuki Alto & Soprano Single harmonicas.
Last Edited by REM on Sep 09, 2013 9:28 PM
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Gnarly
696 posts
Sep 10, 2013
10:48 AM
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Thanks!
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JInx
528 posts
Sep 10, 2013
11:00 AM
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intonation is an awesome bitch.
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Last Edited by JInx on Sep 10, 2013 11:01 AM
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WinslowYerxa
399 posts
Sep 10, 2013
8:42 PM
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Dennis was playing Tombo Contrabass, as REM correctly observed. That was one of his jobs in that group. It has a range like a baritone sax. While Dennis didn't like playing that specific instrument much, he has since shown a strong predilection for playing extremely low-pitche harmonicas, so in a way it was a good fit.
Filisko, Sleigh, and I all used metal cups at different points. (Also, note Filisko actually playing a chromatic harmonica at one point.)
Last Edited by WinslowYerxa on Sep 10, 2013 8:44 PM
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