Howard plays Hendrix
Wed, 11/06/2013 - 11:22am
Topics: harmonica, Howard Levy
This was from a German TV special on the music of Hendrix in Stuttgart in 1995. I got to play with many great musicians, including Trilok Gurtu, Jack Bruce, and Terry Bozzio. Somebody just put it up on my Facebook page - I have never seen this before, almost don't remember playing it...I played parts of my Chamber Suite (that I had just written) and a little of the Bach Passacaglia in my intro. I am playing a Low F Golden Melody - I think with a double thick reedplate, customized by Joe Filisko.
Russian Student Learns Harmonica
Mon, 10/28/2013 - 3:45pm
AW: What's your name?
AZ: Andrey Zaitsev.
AW: How old are you?
AZ: 34.
AW: Where are you from?
AZ: Russia.
AW: What instruments do you play?
AZ: Guitar for 15 years and I just started learning harmonica.
AW: How many years have you been playing harmonica?
AZ: My first experience with harmonica was 2 years ago, but I did not really take it seriously - it was more for fun, you know, I was trying to play simple melodies and that was it. Finally a month ago or so, I started to practice more in depth and got totally amazed by the instrument.
AW: What's your name?
AZ: Andrey Zaitsev.
AW: How old are you?
AZ: 34.
AW: Where are you from?
AZ: Russia.
AW: What instruments do you play?
AZ: Guitar for 15 years and I just started learning harmonica.
AW: How many years have you been playing harmonica?
AZ: My first experience with harmonica was 2 years ago, but I did not really take it seriously - it was more for fun, you know, I was trying to play simple melodies and that was it. Finally a month ago or so, I started to practice more in depth and got totally amazed by the instrument.
World Harmonica Championship: Trossingen, 1993
Wed, 10/09/2013 - 10:22am
Topics: harmonica, Howard Levy
We stumbled across this old rare footage from the World Harmonica Championship in Trossingen, Germany 1993 - It's in 3 parts on YouTube, which we've featured below:
The quality isn't great, but for being 20 years old, it's really cool see this at all. Here's what Howard had to say when we asked him about these:
"Wow, this stuff is pretty good. At 1:45 of the first part I play my tune "To Me You Are a Song" on an Ab harp.
In the 2nd part I start with "Round Midnight" and then at 3:00 I go into a Blues in all 12 keys, staying on the Ab harp. At 7:40 I return to the bridge of "Round Midnight" ... pretty slick. I don't remember doing any of this...
In Part 3 I start with "Love For Sale" on an Eb harp. Then at the end I go into my Beethoven violin concerto cadenza on a G harp."
Howard Levy on the Harmonica Overblow
Tue, 09/17/2013 - 9:55am
Topics: harmonica, Howard Levy
The Harmonica Overblow - intimidating, yes. But, it is possible. And who better to break it down than the one who coined the phrase? Lucky for his students here, you can just study his harmonica lesssons here which take you step by step through the harmonica overblow and overdraws. Howard has also written a lot about first discovering the harmonica overblow on his website Levyland, which is a fascinating insight into what it was like to pioneer this new way of playing diatonic harmonica. To read all about how Howard first came upon harmonica overblows and overdraws, click here or on the picture.
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