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> Sometimes this would include a vibraphone (Gary Burton could really comp), or even a jazz harp. Citation needed for the jazz harpist comping chords. (No poi
by jancsika 3y ago
> Sometimes this would include a vibraphone (Gary Burton could really comp), or even a jazz harp.
Citation needed for the jazz harpist comping chords.
(No points for solo jazz harping-- only for jazz harping from inside the rhythm section.)
- defrost 3y agoPossibly heard in some of Valérie Milot ensemble work, I have no example to hand .. but she has the discipline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUztFVwi3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUztFVwi3I More seriously: Jakez Francois https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA7mM128jqk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA7mM128jqk comping behind a piano solo https://youtu.be/Z9goA1ZhElg?t=185 https://youtu.be/Z9goA1ZhElg?t=185
- jancsika 3y agoThe first link is solo groove-based, and in the 2nd the harpist is playing what sounds like a written out accompaniment to their own melody. (Or even if it's improvised it's a kind of ostinato pattern.) Ok, that third link is a harpist actually comping. Boy, that's tough! The pianist has to drop their left-hand and even play rather quietly in their right hand so that you can hear the chords the harpist is comping. It makes me think of Michael McKean as the harpist bandleader in Primetime Glick, where the audience nearly never hears any harp sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTXtmhVRr4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTXtmhVRr4
- defrost 3y ago> Ok, that third link is a harpist actually comping. The first two were * tongue in cheek * on the path to ... I left them in as evidence of the evolution of my response to your challenge .. which was a interesting one, thanks for that. Nice response, although it actually reminded me of more of the many great works by Dave Brubeck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs