We stumbled across this old rare footage from the World Harmonica Championship in Trossingen, Germany 1993 – It’s in 3 parts on YouTube, which we’ve featured below:
The quality isn’t great, but for being 20 years old, it’s really cool see this at all. Here’s what Howard had to say when we asked him about these:
“Wow, this stuff is pretty good. At 1:45 of the first part I play my tune “To Me You Are a Song” on an Ab harp.
In the 2nd part I start with “Round Midnight” and then at 3:00 I go into a Blues in all 12 keys, staying on the Ab harp. At 7:40 I return to the bridge of “Round Midnight” … pretty slick. I don’t remember doing any of this…
In Part 3 I start with “Love For Sale” on an Eb harp. Then at the end I go into my Beethoven violin concerto cadenza on a G harp.”
World Harmonica Championship: Part 2
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