Jazz Harp by Richard Hunter
Product Description
This book and CD is designed for harmonica players who want play moden jazz and pop styles. The book contains exercises, theory, techniques and styles from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans, Tom Scott, and King Curtis. Note-for-note solos for chromatic and diatonica harmonica. Each harp solo shows off a particular harmonica style, and as you progress though the book the styles increase in difficulty.
Topics covered in the book include, R&B sax, structure in jazz tunes, modern harmonica techniques and exercises. The book has over 120 pages and is packed with information.
Songs in this book include
- Raised on Robbery
- What Becomes of your Life
- For Once in My Life
- West End Blues
- Gone With What Wind
- Winter Sun at Nobska
Richard Hunter majored in music at Harvard University before working with a variety of jazz and rock bands. He says of 'Jazz Harp': 'It was meant to inspire harmonica players to reach for the same goals as their counterparts on other instruments'.
