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This is my first jazz album, consisting of tunes from the Swing and Hot Club repertoire of the 30's and 40's. It was recorded with experienced Australian jazz guitarist Ian Date and some brilliant musicians from my home area around Canterbury, England. We recorded live in the living room of my home in the village of Dargate, all of us in close proximity as in a normal gig situation. This is how all the great early jazz sessions were recorded, simply because there was no other way (given the primitive recording technology of the time), but the energy that bursts through the crackle and hiss off those classic tracks is palpable. I think physical closeness of musicians during recording leads to much better musical empathy than when they are separated in sound-proof booths, and that was part of the magic of the old masters I wanted to recapture.

Previously jazz harmonica has been the preserve of players like Toots Thielemans, who play the standard chromatic harmonica (fully-valved in Solo tuning), and more recently the overblow masters such as Howard Levy, who play specially set up un-valved Richter tuned diatonics. My approach is to aim for the best of both by using custom half-valved chromatic harps in appropriate special tunings. These combine the expressive qualities of the blues harp with the full scale layout of the chromatic, to create what I believe is a promising alternate approach to jazz harmonica. You be the judge!

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