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Smoky Greenwell, Johnny Sansone and Jason Ricci at the Harmonica Mini-Collective

October 24, 2018 by: Paddy Wells

“If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.” Charlie Parker's famous quote is especially true of musicians residing in New Orleans—something happens when you live in this city that bends the music to its will. It gets in your bones. If the strident horns, loping funk guitar and swinging piano all sound just a little different here than anywhere else, then so too does the harmonica coming out of New Orleans. Whil...

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