laurent2015
639 posts
Mar 11, 2014
7:39 PM
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This is not without risks, even though Steve Baker seems to be dazzled...As for me, I'm not sure I like this (improvised) tune.
The wonderful is that this guy plays only for two years at the time of the video and at least, there is no lack of inventiveness. Should we call that "melodic" or "harmonic"
Blues, or maybe it's not really Blues?
If blues harp had to be like this, I suppose I'd prefer other styles of music.
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1847
1575 posts
Mar 11, 2014
7:52 PM
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i like it!
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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jnorem
107 posts
Mar 11, 2014
7:52 PM
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Very corny lines this cat's playing, but, see, he's playing in F# on a C harp, and that's what's supposed to make this so important or something.
The tone, the vibrato…make it bloody stop.
This is what blues would sound like if it was in a Broadway musical. Cue the strings.
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Call me J
Last Edited by jnorem on Mar 11, 2014 7:53 PM
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SuperBee
1747 posts
Mar 11, 2014
8:48 PM
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Well no, I think the fact he could play so fluently after just 2 years is why it's considered noteworthy. I think the F# in a C harp note is by way of an apology for sounding rather out of tune. He says his harp was so out of tune they played f#, so he was probably rather sharp rather than be flat. Did sound a bit like Donald Duck morphing into Sylvester, and definitely not breaking new ground, but PDG for a 2 year veteran with an out of tune harp
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JInx
749 posts
Mar 11, 2014
10:50 PM
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Excellent! The kid hears it, he aint just blowin holes. A super talent.
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Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Soon, soon, soon
Moon, moon, moon
Last Edited by JInx on Mar 11, 2014 11:13 PM
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Kingley
3506 posts
Mar 11, 2014
11:05 PM
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Konstantin Reinfeld is a very good player. He's not really a blues player. Well at least not in the sense that most of you guys think of blues. Konstantin tends to play more jazz than anything else from the stuff I've heard. In that clip above I think he was about sixteen. I think Konstantin has a great future in the jazz world.
Last Edited by Kingley on Mar 11, 2014 11:06 PM
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KingoBad
1439 posts
Mar 12, 2014
4:16 AM
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Perhaps Konstantin will comment himself, as he is a forum member too...
He's certainly a talented player and from the Howard Levy school. I'm not surprised that his chromatic style offends sensibilities here.
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Danny
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atty1chgo
873 posts
Mar 12, 2014
4:30 AM
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"The tone, the vibrato…make it bloody stop.
This is what blues would sound like if it was in a Broadway musical. Cue the strings."
-- Would someone please get this man an expensive customized bullet mic to get that gritty "Chicago" tone? And let him know where he can get a vintage tube amp. Jeez.
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slaphappy
8 posts
Mar 12, 2014
9:18 AM
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previous thread:
http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/2317827.htm
(I think it's great stuff BTW)
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laurent2015
640 posts
Mar 12, 2014
10:53 AM
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Slaphappy: thanks...I didn't check before posting.
KingoBad: I'm not surprised at hearing about H.Levy here!
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