Re: Top Jazz Harmonica VIDEO !!

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 27, 2004, at 9:52 AM, Robert Paparozzi wrote:

> Ahh....no one has mentioned Videos!!!
>  
> Have I got one for y'all,-)))  You get TWO great Jazz players for the 
> price of NONE!
>  
> That's right, it's free......just click on the link below to Randy 
> Singer's web-page, then click on under the pix of  "Randy & Toots". He 
> has it in Broadband or Dial up format...

   I thought it was awfully gracious to offer a "dial-up" format (for we 
who live in the swamp and have no other option)
>  
>  it' great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   I second that emotion.
>  
> Seriously, this is a first, I've seen Toots live on several occassions 
> and he has NEVER asked another Harmonica player to come up and Jam...

  Well, he DID play with a few others at one of the SPAHs (99), BUT they 
came up on their OWN and that's what the deal WAS at the Jazz Cabaret. 
So I have to agree.

> .. Some of us got to see him Jam a bit at Chris M's Harmonica Summit 
> which was rare enough. But this is at one of Toot's gigs and they 
> really are havin' a blast.

  Randy (himself) is a VERY busy little beaver in the famous/infamous 
"South Beach" area of Miami Beach. I consider this a "choice" venue. A 
programming director from the CBS (or NBC) "Hub" in Miami was over on 
"our" side recently and heard our Sunday group. His comment was: "To 
hear this kind of stuff in Miami, would require a $15-20 cover".

  It AIN't cheap to go clubbing in Miami Beach, and Randy is playing 
some GREAT venues.
>   
>     BTW, if any of you are not familiar with his work, check out his 
> site and bio and some samples from his NEW release "Harmonica Dreams" 
> it's gorgeous!

  The "Rand" is also a composer. Several original tunes to his credit 
(including the haunting "Bells of Venice"). Since I once lived there in 
the mid 50s, it brought back fond memories as the flavor of the tune is 
authentic Italian, (BTW, Randy is not).
>  
> I met Randy a few years back at a  SPAH convention, thru a mutual 
> friend Richard Hunter. Myself and Randy having done extensive Studio 
> work, we hit it off and I truly respect his work. He has played & 
> toured and recorded with some of the "Heavys" and now Toots...

  Randy is a clean player. Not a lot of "bovine excretia". Flashy when 
the need arises, mellow when it's proper. He's like a pair of broken-in 
shoes...NO pinching, NO blisters, NO warts, NO 
corn..................smo-joe
>  
> Kudos to a cool video and some awesome playing Randy!!
>  
> http://www.randysinger.com
>  
> Ciao,
> Rob Paparozzi