Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Howard Levy, harmonica genius
One of the themes of this blog (and my life) is that stuff can be awesomely wonderful, maybe world class, even when it lives on the long flat tail of Zipf's Law.
Howard Levy has been a musical hero of mine ever since I went, "Who *is* this guy," when I heard him play on a Steve Goodman record 20 or so years ago. I am delighted that Pete Kaminski and David Weinberger have caught Howard's Magic.
Howard's "Molinaro-Levy Project Live" recording (with pianist Anthony Molinaro) has suddenly vaulted into my personal top ten. It bubbles with magical readings of Gershwin, Miles and Ellington, plus originals by both musicians. This record is so "unpopular" it is not even listed on Amazon -- you have to get it at Nineteen-Eight records.
Visit Nineteen-Eight today -- it's about time!
Howard Levy has been a musical hero of mine ever since I went, "Who *is* this guy," when I heard him play on a Steve Goodman record 20 or so years ago. I am delighted that Pete Kaminski and David Weinberger have caught Howard's Magic.
Howard's "Molinaro-Levy Project Live" recording (with pianist Anthony Molinaro) has suddenly vaulted into my personal top ten. It bubbles with magical readings of Gershwin, Miles and Ellington, plus originals by both musicians. This record is so "unpopular" it is not even listed on Amazon -- you have to get it at Nineteen-Eight records.
Visit Nineteen-Eight today -- it's about time!
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