[Harp-L] Afro-American chrom players

[Gary Lehmann]

Well, Stevie got soul. 
And he’s playful—
At this point, he can be pretty harmonically complex too I’m sure, but we are still waiting for that Modern Jazz album. 
Bill Barrett is funky enough for me, but not Black. 
Oh well, you can’t have everything, where would you put it?

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> On May 31, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> My point was that I was trying to understand what made Stevie  stand out.
> You can say "race" and nationality don't mean anything, but culture does.
> Imagine, for example if only Anglos had played diatonic, and not Afro-
> Americans.
> 
>> On Tue, 1 Jun 2021, 05:58 JOSEPH LEONE, <3n037 at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 05/31/2021 2:21 PM Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> and I don't know why it matters whether Maret, etc... are American or not.
>> 
>> It doesn't. But an Aussie asked a question. Maybe curiosity?
>> 
>> Not sure I understand why their race matters either.
>> 
>> It doesn't. See above.
>> smo-joe
>> 
>> The world is a melting pot with so many great and soulful chromatic
>> players of various races and ethnicities.
>>> 
>>> But here's another: Thaddeus Hogarth is a multi-instrumentalist that
>> plays chromatic and teaches guitar at Berklee in Boston. He'll be doing a
>> workshop (as will I) for the HUK Chromatic Weekend beginning June 18:
>>> 
>>> https://thaddeushogarth.com/harmonica/
>>> 
>>> http://harmonica.uk/HUKBlog/chromatic-weekend/
>>> 
>>> - Slim
>>> 
>>> https://slimandpenny.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On May 30, 2021, at 11:28 AM, JOSEPH LEONE <3n037 at xxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Julian qualifies. Not too many people know who he is? And if you count
>> the islands of the 'New World' then Maret and Yonnet qualify.
>>>> Maret? Father Swiss, mother Martiniquan? currently Nuevo Jork.
>>>> Yonnet? Father French, mother Grenadinan? currently Washingaton dee
>> Chee.
>>>> Just guessing. lolol
>>>> 
>>>> smo-joe
>>>> 
>>>>>   On 05/30/2021 9:01 AM Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>   And Julian Davis, but he sounds a lot like Stevie--and not famous
>> (yet!).
>>>>> 
>>>>>   On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 7:59 AM Gary Lehmann <
>> gnarlyheman at xxxxx mailto:gnarlyheman at xxxxx > wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Well, Gregoire Maret's mom is African American, and he lives in
>> NYC, perhaps he qualifies?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>