I Likes Me Some Jazz
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
But Jazz Harp? Yes indeedy. Here's Edmar Castaneda, a native of Columbia, who takes the harp to a whole new level. I saw him on an NPR Vodcast of All Songs Considered, and it's worth a click-through and a listen if you have 15 minutes to spare.
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Why not?
The organist at Trinity church in Manhattan has been known to improvise on Michael Jackson themes.
Heh, you can tell I'm a former harpist because my first thought was "that looks like he was trained with the Salzedo method. I hated the Salzedo method." >.>
But yeah, jazz harp has been around for decades. I might've gone in to it to escape classical music, but jazz does even less for me than classical does. If they ever figure out how to get heavy metal out of a harp though, I might take it up again. ;)
MWT, the VodCast made me think of you, actually.
:-)
I have never met a jazz piece that I don't like....and this is no exception.
Thanks Janiece, I LOVED this!
{the fact that I have always wanted to learn to play the harp doesn't hurt either...MWT I did not know that you played the harp :) }
Yep. From age 12 to 17ish or so. I was supposed to become a world-famous world class musician, sort of like a Joshua Bell (violin) for harp. Could've done it quite easily, if I had been a completely different person.
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