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Tzvi said:"Anyway, taste is taste as in any art.Though I may surprise you with some of his pieces... If of course you'd be interested" Give it a shot!
Just put the youtube the URL in your post like this: https://www.youtube.com/blah-blah-whateveroiweuf9eufheirfeifand it oughtta fly
Tzvi - You haven't searched the archives here, have you? Larry Adler (as well as his brother Jerry - who was likewise a famedchromatic harmonica player who headlined our SPAH conferences), have both been discussed at length here, off and on. Thereis only so much discussion one can devote to a particular player, no matter who it is. Toots is covered whenever someone newdiscovers him, as is Stevie, and so on. Some love Larry Adler's playing, some dislike watching him but I believe all admit he was a master at his craft whether they like his 'style' of playing or not. He was also probably the most well-known since he was in 'the Movies' probably more than any other chromatic player. Personally, I am not a 'huge' fan, but absolutely do give him his due. Among my favourite videos is of him later on in life playing with both Itzhak Perlman and Oleta Adams. Fun, sweet and delicious.scotty
Quote from: Scotty on September 21, 2020, 12:55:37 PMTzvi - You haven't searched the archives here, have you? Larry Adler (as well as his brother Jerry - who was likewise a famedchromatic harmonica player who headlined our SPAH conferences), have both been discussed at length here, off and on. Thereis only so much discussion one can devote to a particular player, no matter who it is. Toots is covered whenever someone newdiscovers him, as is Stevie, and so on. Some love Larry Adler's playing, some dislike watching him but I believe all admit he was a master at his craft whether they like his 'style' of playing or not. He was also probably the most well-known since he was in 'the Movies' probably more than any other chromatic player. Personally, I am not a 'huge' fan, but absolutely do give him his due. Among my favourite videos is of him later on in life playing with both Itzhak Perlman and Oleta Adams. Fun, sweet and delicious.scottyOh, I did go through some but it's alot of ground to cover and one has only so much time Anyway, these are just some samples for Age,so I accepted the challenge By the way, I've noticed there is a search option,but the results are dead quotes. Not active links to enter the original posts.
Quote from: zvigrunb on September 21, 2020, 03:12:04 PMQuote from: Scotty on September 21, 2020, 12:55:37 PMTzvi - You haven't searched the archives here, have you? Larry Adler (as well as his brother Jerry - who was likewise a famedchromatic harmonica player who headlined our SPAH conferences), have both been discussed at length here, off and on. Thereis only so much discussion one can devote to a particular player, no matter who it is. Toots is covered whenever someone newdiscovers him, as is Stevie, and so on. Some love Larry Adler's playing, some dislike watching him but I believe all admit he was a master at his craft whether they like his 'style' of playing or not. He was also probably the most well-known since he was in 'the Movies' probably more than any other chromatic player. Personally, I am not a 'huge' fan, but absolutely do give him his due. Among my favourite videos is of him later on in life playing with both Itzhak Perlman and Oleta Adams. Fun, sweet and delicious.scottyOh, I did go through some but it's alot of ground to cover and one has only so much time Anyway, these are just some samples for Age,so I accepted the challenge By the way, I've noticed there is a search option,but the results are dead quotes. Not active links to enter the original posts.No, not all. You might have hit some where we had a search engine failure (no one's fault and fixing it would be extremely cost prohibitive given that SlideMeister IS, basically, Age's own personal blog which grew into this fantastic chromatic international site which he manages pretty much on his own). Most often, we can easily access old posts and even old threads going back years. Someof the older links were lost, however. Age did ask anyone who wanted to, to repost their links. Perhaps some didn't?scotty
Yeah, the search engine on this software leaves something to be desired I have no doubt that EVERYTHING is here somewhere, it doesn't always just pop up like I wish it did.
Quote from: The Lone Harper on September 13, 2020, 09:58:23 PMA criticism of Larry Adler's style of playing was that he would use chords that were musically incorrect, as compared to Tommy Reilly who often used double notes and chords, but only where they fitted musically.Hi Lone, I've hear this in other places as well.Still, whatever he played sounded amazing and very unique!!Criticism may also be born out of jealousy Fact is nobody today sounds even close to Adlers style.Or better said - I haven't seen any.IMHO
A criticism of Larry Adler's style of playing was that he would use chords that were musically incorrect, as compared to Tommy Reilly who often used double notes and chords, but only where they fitted musically.
Playing the tonic key you can usually get away with a lot of double holes on the blow notes. But, to be fair, there are still gunna be a few draw notes are going to require a tighter (single hole attack) to avoid that sound that makes to think of "lemon AND milk in your tea." :'(
So how about this one where he doesn't use all of his 'tricks', is playing with a classically-trained musician, recording equipment is updated and the 2 of them develop a musical rapport that is usually called the 'zone'?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrdauSqH_EI
