Herbie Hancock's Chameleon played on the harp

[DavesTrumpet]

Would love to hear you re-do this since you're older now. Great job, by the way, on one of my favorite funky jazz tunes!

[davewill247]

I think it's neat how you can play different styles of music (classical, blues, etc.) and seem to genuinely love playing all of it. When are you going to come out with your own CD?

[CreightonGriffiths]

@davewill247 Hi, I have a DVD of my 2009 concert in Italy and hope it will be for sale online soon. It is to raise money to pay for my trip to the World Harp Congress (Festival) in Canada and my return trip to the Rio Harp Festival (Brazil) both in 2011. I also have a charity CD of Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols - in aid of Llandaff Cathedral Organ Appeal. I hope to bring out another CD in 2011. I have also published the harp arrangement of Chameleon - due to go online next week ;-)

[chansherly212]

just wow, is that harp tuned to a blues scale?

[CreightonGriffiths]

@chansherly212 Hi, it's just tuned normally. In fact Benjamin has just had permission to publish this arrangement. We are just waiting for the paperwork to arrive before putting it up for sale.

[davidoffon]

He's making all that sound, or are his extended family all ventriliquisti?

[steel1646]

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[MrJasDee]

You take the right Song Herbie Hancock is Amazing, but the Harp is bigger than you xD. You take a great job, cool stuff! Thumps up!

[brobenz]

JAM on BEN!!!!

[MartyPlaysMusic]

Harp with soul. Man this is so awesome.

[Gmode8]

I would love to come to one of your concerts..

[LeesJams]

this is nuts!

[imagalan]

uno tiene q reconozer cuando un chamaquito le gana en el arpa

[WannabeGadd]

Maaan, this is so groovy! 8D I never would've guessed it could be actually grooooovy played on a harp! Spectacular!

[jonnylordan]

you will reign

[scowlingmonkey]

Hi Ben. This is superb! Could you let me know where you get the manuscript please?

[CreightonGriffiths]

Ben is just using a lead sheet from the The Real Book, the rest is just improvised over the top of that.

[stanleguetto]

@CreightonGriffiths Just improvised ??? OMG , Benjamin you're incredible !!

[TheIzharp]

cool song. thanks.

[preacain]

Benjamin& Catherine I have featured thre beautyfull rendition as my featured video si hope that you recive generous quantity of stars ! the harp as you know has been a symbol of spiritual purity and legend has it that the music can only be heard where people fight for it *******

[minjcj1961]

GOOD JOB

[dogshit71]

AWESOME DUDE!!!

[Undermyskin93]

Ben, if only there were more young musicians like you. I'm 16 and i'd claim to be pretty good on the clarinet and sax. But to see someone so young playing a very hard and technically challenging piece on a Harp and making it sound so good at your age, is actually brilliant. Keep going my friend, i expect to see great things from you.

[timkillzu]

im going to call all cool things benjamin from now on.

[preacain]

& G R O O V Y !

[preacain]

fantastic *******

[audiorage092]

Good stuff Benjamin. The only recommendation I would make to you is to work on timing and rhythm more..but you're only 12 years old, and I think that comes naturally with age. But you are a GREAT improvisor..don't stop kid. you will rock the Fusion/perhaps experimental music world with your harp playing!

[cshockley10]

. . . coming from a another child musician (of thirty years, now) . . . what a talent . . . sweet, sweet, sweet !!!

[UK2AK]

I hope Herbie checks this out... I am SURE he would think this is WAY cool! I know I do.

5/5

[gaulchtaillnn]

That's brilliant!! O_O

[AKDMF447]

INCREDIBLE talent!  keep up the awesome work!

[notxarb21]

Thank you for posting your performances on YouTube! Your talent is remarkable, and I love your musical choices! Keep it up!!

[zildgian409]

dude, u are a BOSS!! nice work

[blaze1766aa]

I played drums for that at the murfreesboro jazz festival.. did a sweet job

[liberalmetal]

Man, I LOVE that song!

I play the baritone sax, and it was one of the very first jazz songs that i learned!

[ThatNaturalHigh]

ditto!

[LOLworldofwarcrafLOL]

@liberalmetal The first time i played this song with my band, damn. That was the best experience I've had in a long time

[knittygrade]

Awsome

[maplesquirrel]

What talent! WOW! Lots of inspiration there!

[Craigjazz23]

Wow!!! thats different! A harp. This is awesome man!