ElkRiverHarmonicas
239 posts
Sep 24, 2009
4:29 AM
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Jason's been nominated for a Nashville Music Awards "Jazz/Blues Artist
of the Year"
you can vote
at: http://polls.nashvillescene.com/polls/nvs/musicawards09/
Winners will be announced on WEDS., OCTOBER 7
So, let's vote.
Dave
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www.elkriverharmonicas.com
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Luke Juke
41 posts
Sep 24, 2009
4:41 AM
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Gets my vote!!!!
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toddlgreene
13 posts
Sep 24, 2009
4:47 AM
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I voted for him, but had to wade thru and randomly vote on a whole lot of people and acts I've never even heard of-good luck to 'em, whoever they are!
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jonsparrow
1075 posts
Sep 24, 2009
9:09 AM
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his name isnt up any more. :(
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sopwithcamels266
207 posts
Sep 24, 2009
9:19 AM
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I don't get it.Never have done when people vote for people means nothing to musos and the people that vote don't know either.If it gives them a ton of money then fine that is good for the artist but that is it.
It's happened in jazz and blues since the 50s or late fourties in with down beat and the like, but let me tell you it's pointless unless it gives the artist lots of money and we all know it dosen't.
This guy you mention I have heard only on utube videos not live so my opinion is some what limited.
From what I hear he is a great great talent on the diatonic harp one of the very best iv'e ever heard,
BUT and it's a big BUT, from what Ive heard he isn't a Jazz or a blues artist.
What I understand to be Jazz at the highest level and Blues.
So why would you vote for this player as Jazz /Blues artist of the year.
Music is not just simply about technique nor is it about producing it in icealation.
For example I don't play modern jazz sax with blues musos. Waist of time can't do it pointless.I could show off advanced harmony technique if they all shut up but it is pointless.
Exactly the same thing if i'm with a switched on rhythm section in jazz then my expantion and approach will be very different to communicate with the band in a very different way. I can use advance devices now and push the self satisfaction and push to the limit.
In blues you can push to the same limit but its done in a very different way
Now this artist is a wonderful player but for me isn't challenged with the musos around him.He challenges himself which is fantastic but there is a very different thing going on here.
What I'm saying is the artist individually way incorporate elements of both jazz and blues in his lines but he isn't being pushed in Jazz or blues.
All be it great what he's doing it isn't my definition of jazz or blues. It isn't either.
It is something else to enjoy.
Last Edited by on Sep 24, 2009 9:23 AM
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jonsparrow
1076 posts
Sep 24, 2009
9:46 AM
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"This guy you mention"
you sound like you almost never heard of jason ricci.
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kudzurunner
711 posts
Sep 24, 2009
9:46 AM
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Last time I heard Jason perform he did an amazing version of John Coltrane's "Afro Blue."
Jason can play jazz. Mostly, as we know, he plays blues with a punk/rock edge.
I'm not sure what the problem is here, Sopwith.
I do know, from your post, that you are much more heavily invested in musical labels--jazz, blues--than Jason himself is.
I don't know what Jason considers himself, except a musician. I know he mostly works the blues circuit, but he also falls into the jam band category. I suspect that he'd protest if somebody called him a jazz musician, but, as I say, he CAN play jazz. I heard him do this during a gig last summer at the Rum Boogie in Memphis.
I think "Jazz/Blues Artist of the Year" is a reasonable category, all things considered. I hope he wins. I agree with you: it would be nice if the award came with a cash prize, and such award usually don't. But sometimes receiving this sort of award brings an artist to the attention of people who may give them gigs, put them on TV, make records with them, etc.
Last Edited by on Sep 24, 2009 9:49 AM
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nacoran
202 posts
Sep 24, 2009
10:38 AM
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You have to vote in every category? I suppose that helps keep people from trying to run up the vote for one person by making it take a little more time, but it doesn't matter if it makes people vote for people they've never heard of.
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cm16600
95 posts
Sep 24, 2009
10:57 AM
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Ii only voted for Jason and it worked,you don't have to vote for the other ones.
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toddlgreene
14 posts
Sep 24, 2009
1:16 PM
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"RULES:
Each category must be voted on for ballot to be valid."
This is from the front page of that link, where you type in your info.
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walterharp
64 posts
Sep 24, 2009
1:32 PM
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Sowith,
I urge you to listen to Jason Ricci's albums and if at all possible go to a show. He is one of the best performers I have ever seen live in my life, and I have seen lots. He plays jazz, blues, rock, and lots of other stuff thrown in. He plays lines from Coltrane in his work, and the theme from the Flintstones. He plays Sun Ra. He happens to play harmonica like a demon, but has transcended the instrument, he has tons of technique, but has not fallen into the trap of losing the soul of the music.
You shall not be sorry if you delve deeper into Jason's music.
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jonsparrow
1077 posts
Sep 24, 2009
3:32 PM
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oh i see him now. i didnt realize you had to go through all the pages.
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phogi
32 posts
Sep 24, 2009
4:28 PM
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I'm with Walter. Jason is one of the best performers I've ever seen. That is coming from a performer who has seen lots of performers. Dude is hands down the most inspiring musician I've seen in any genre for over 10 years.
I voted!
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BillBailey
11 posts
Sep 24, 2009
5:10 PM
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Two thumbs up for Jason R. An amazing guy. His category (Jazz/Blues Artist of the Year) is toward the end of the ballot.
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sopwithcamels266
208 posts
Sep 25, 2009
6:42 AM
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Interpretation of a post is similar to interpretation of music, depending on experiences right.
Understanding what I am saying in my original post dosen't need explaining more than once.
What is defined as Jazz and what is defined as blues is the point.It is nothing to do with the artists abilities etc etc.
Folk need to to get off that band wagon.
From what I have heard of this artist he dosen't play Jazz or blues in my opinion.
It is something different that should be enjoyed in its particular form.
You only have to listen to the rest of the band the way it is performed played and the interaction to categorically decide it ain't jazz nor is it blues. Hold on may be blusey somewhere but not my interpretation of it.
In fact on a jazz front the rest of the band isn't even hitting first base.
I am not saying it's not good and I am not saying it isn't enjoyable. I am simply saying that you don't enter a best pie competition with a marrow.
Last Edited by on Sep 25, 2009 6:43 AM
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walterharp
65 posts
Sep 25, 2009
6:56 AM
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sopwith,
I see your point, it is difficult to categorize Jason's music. The music business, because he plays harmonica, automatically puts him in the blues category and that is where his albums are judged.
from their web site on Rocket #9
""Rocket Number Nine" climbed the Billboard Blues Charts to arrive and stay at Number Four for multiple weeks."
so we have to help promote him where the establishment will try to categorize him to help bring whatever type of music they play to the forefront. The band also agrees with your point, from the band's web site
"Blues, Rock, Funk, Jazz Fusion, Eastern, Punk, Carnival, Psychedelic, Performance Art and more are all regularly attached descriptions of the band Jason Ricci and New Blood. Defying category, without defying the techniques, authenticity and disciplines of any one of those category is a rare and dangerous high wire act this band has been balancing expertly year after year, award after award, show after show, fan after fan and album after album."
My main point is vote for him wherever you can, invest in more than just some youtube videos, get his CD's to see how good the band really is. (and that his bass player really is fundamentally a jazz bass player)
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