[Harp-L] Re: On Howard Levy's Style

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Hi... 

Should we call you Hotmail ? 

;-) 

I'm a big jam band fan as well, and I really dig the HL era Bela Fleck 
stuff, although there's some really great stuff in the more recent years as 
well (Live at the Quick is an A-mazing concert, especially the DVD). 

Could you pinpoint the specific live shows with HL at archive.org ? I 
wouuldn't mind snagging a few of those if the sound quality is decent... 

> I haven't heard much from this harmonica master except a few awsome live 
> shows with Bela Flek found on www.archive.org, but I'm already in love 
> with his unique sound and abilities.  Although I have nointent on 
> replicating his playing as I only have a year of good practice under my 
> belt, I'd love to see some tablature to his work to get a better 
> understanding of the basic ideas surrounding his intresting hybrid 
> style.  I'm a semi-profficent at overblowing and a decent bender so 
> maybe i can work on some riffs of his at a good tourtise speed.

Not sure where you can find actual tablatures, but there's a couple of 
things you can do : 

- find a copy of HIP issue 4, which has a lengthy and very informative 
interview with some tablatured stuff if I remember correctly (more info here 
- http://www.angelfire.com/music2/harmonicainfo/products/magazine/hip4.htm) 

- find a copy of Howard Levy's instructional video. It's musically 
challenging but there's lots of stuff to be gleaned from it. Actually, that 
is where I understood modes from, so that may help ! 

- check out www.levyland.com. Not only is there a lot of info on Howard, 
there's stuff on his discography and on keys used on which albums / tracks. 

If you're looking for some really great HL listening besides BFatF, my 
favourite pick would be : 

- Rabih Abou-Khalil : The Sultan's Picnic. Stellar world jazz with stellar 
harmonica 

- The Stranger's Hand : Powerful jazz rock with HL on harmonica and keys 

- Trio Globo : Carnival of Souls, world jazz trio with cello and 
percussions. 

Ben