Larry Adler plays Summertime in three arrangements

Three performances of Summertime by Larry Adler - orchestral, solo with piano and a great performance with Itzhak Perlman - excellently edited together. I would love to be able to credit the editor. Larry was a consumate musician and entertainer. These performances were from the 1980s when Larry was in his 70s and were part of a review of Larry's life on the British TV Channel Four.

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[MrEpeeJoe]

@Ekdog DO NOT BRING POLITICS to harmonica!!!!!!!!!!!

Harmonica is the only thing that politics has not changed so dont kill it

[SvendBosanvovski]

Larry elevated the harmonica's status from that of a novelty instrument to a symphonic instrument. Great contmeporary composers wrote pieces specifically for him, because they recognised his virtuosity. He stands, with Toots Thielmanns, the great Belgian, as the two peaks upon which the legacy of this instruments rests. This perfromance of the great Gershwin classic will never be surpassed, becuase it is as perfect as the instrument can be made to sound.

[jagjitisher]

really a great magician with the splendour & flavour of his harmonica music to spellbound the music lovers taking in an aura of mailstrom. a great nostalgia.

[SvendBosanvovski]

@camilo862 Yes. Hugo is a remarkable artist. We could extend the list exponentially. Roberto Bonfiglio is an amazing technician, obviously influenced by Larry commitment to the primacy of technique and Brendan Power has adapted the chromatic instrument to the rich vein of celtic music with its fast melodic lines and rich embellishments.

[SvendBosanvovski]

@RitmoNo1 I saw the octogenarian Larry live when he came to Sydney in the mid-nineties, and in the course of his show he explained that his technique was to produce the quality of fine singing. I suppose, if we extend that analogy, the reeds would be the vibrating larynx and the cupped hands the lips. The human voice is able to connect us with the well of human emotion better than any instrument- the harmonica, in the hands of a virtuoso like Larry, is a close second.

[camilo862]

@SvendBosanvovski I would add to that list the gerat Argentinian player Hugo Díaz. In our days, Antonio Serrano and Franco Luciano are amongst the top of great Chromatic Harmonica players.

[RitmoNo1]

God the harmonica can evoke such emotions when in the hands of a master.

[enmoreira]

Lindo demais. Its a dream hearing a song like this with such performance.

[curleyteeth]

What you have to know is that some things just come naturally to certain humanbeings.I picked up a harmonica back in the early 70s and could play a tune on it within 10 mins.I know with the right dedication to the instrument, I could have made it as a harmonica player to some degree but to reach the stage that Larry Adler got to is not possible for mere mortals to imagine.

[sunaJH]

Oh wow

I am amazed, so glad I discovered this great talent

sunaj

[mkworkman]

3:44 YouTube video: Three performances of Summertime by Larry Adler - orchestral, solo with piano and a great performance with Itzhak Perlman - excellently edited together. Larry was a consumate musician and entertainer. These performances were from the 1980s when Larry was in his 70s.

February 10, 1914: birth of Larry Adler, American... harmonica player (d. 2001)