Jason Ricci and New Blood - Harpin Help

From the all-too-brief set at Harpin' Help 2007, this clip is of the jam coming out of "Driftin' Blues" just into the start of "I'm Just a Playboy", shot with a digital camera.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• harmonica
• blues
• harp
• ricci

[bdevo77]

went n saw him last night at the key palace theater n have to say the most talented performer i have ever seen go bck any day

[sham1956]

Got to see him last night. It was worth being late for work today Awesome

[jojobluess]

Some of the best harpin chops I have herd..That boy must run 5 miles a day.Wow

[24dluna]

One of the most awesome musicians I have ever heard in my life! New Blood rocks!

[slashiiboy]

hollyshit he's making love with the harp!!!

[lazur1]

This section, at least, is -not- a song. It's more correctly a 'cadenza', an extended improvised solo section. Originally a classical device, it was popular with the 'heavy' rock acts of the late 60s early 70s, when even the bassist & drummer got solos. Now it's big w/biues artists. I also prefer songs, crisp punctuating riffs, & solos built from shorter phrases, that allow the band to accent, highlight,& interact . But you can't argue taste.

[lazur1]

Zack: 1/Levy plays any chromatic tone, any scale, any chord progression, any key, on ONE Marine Band. That's a bit beyond playing a lot of notes real fast on a 3-chord blues,(& often on just 1 chord), don't you think? 2/ "Howard's doing it now, TOO" ? "It's not like when you were young"? HOLD ON! Howard -mastered- his concept by '76, (probably earlier; that's when I first heard him),THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO. (Jason was 4.) I haven't heard heard anything that even comes close since.

[lazur1]

A great player, but BLUES as I learned to love it: Muddy, Walter, Span..was INTERACTION: Everyone playing their asses off TOGETHER: Short phrases w/lots of 'holes' for the other guy to get his ideas in, listening to each other , mingling ideas, a communal sound,never just a band 'backing up' the star or the soloist. I actually feel SORRY for JR's band, playing the same generic riff OVER & OVER, so that the audience doesn't get their attention diverted from JR showing us how great he is.

[j0hnss0n]

You are so awsome! such a great insperation-source to me! thanks for posting all these videos!

cheers from sweden!

[trixiepixxxie]

no knees left . .

[Allpacallpa]

He must be the hell of a great lover!

[Allpacallpa]

Jason is a Vela Pulsar