I just received this from Greg Szlapczynski's management:
Harmonica player Greg Szlapczynski, aka Greg Zlap, works on a new blues album revolving around the theme of Cinema. Yvinek (Maceo Parker, Brisa Roché, Salif Keita) is in charge of the production of this new recording.
The record will be like a musical road movie, alternating bluesified versions of movie themes and original pieces inspired by the 7th art. The raw and organic sound of that production will rival with the rootsiest John Lee Hooler or Tom Waits.
More on www.myspace.com/gregzlap.
I' m surprised at the rawer than raw tone of the press release, since one of Greg's great qualities is to have a very clean and pure sound, but we'll see !
Kinda strange, you're right, but it sure makes me want to know more... I never thought about mixing them together, but I do like Greg Zlap, JLH and Tom Waits... And the movie theme seems rather interesting too : I'm gonna keep an eye on this one ! Thanks for the news.
Posted by: Seagull | October 20, 2007 at 12:19 PM