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   Message 589 of 2,181   
   D-unit to All   
   Re: Morph solos   
   26 Apr 06 14:49:14   
   
   From: c0f@intrex.net   
      
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   > After repeated listening, I've decided the most memorable outstanding   
   > solo on Morph is the harmonica on "What I Do".   
   >   
   > Don't get me wrong, Krantz really funks it up on "Nitegown", and has   
   > nicely integrated if not understated solos elsewhere on the CD   
   > (especially the extended layout on "Pagoda").   
   >   
   > But the harmonica in "What I do" is astounding work, I understand by   
   > Howard Levy, who I only know because I just googled him. The harmonica   
   > work of course continues on outside the "solo" at about the same mix   
   > level - that is, remarkably low and understated, yet fundamental to the   
   > work.   
   >   
   > Levy is also credited on "Mona" but I have not yet grokked it as fully.   
   > Maybe another twenty or two hundred plays :-).   
   >   
   > Was Levy playing on any of Fagen's tour?   
   >   
   > Tim.   
   >   
      
   I think He sat it one or two nights on the tour.   
      
   Howard has some REALLY NICE work on Bela Fleck and the Flecktones   
   early cd's.  He could play harp and keys at the same time.   
      
      
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