unusual instruments in jazz

[jazzboCR]

Returning to jazz harp: not just a sweet "background wash" thing at all. Here are 3 players (2 of whom appeared in this same week in NYC--What are the odds on that happening?). Brandee Younger and Edmar Castaneda, and Jakez Francois.
Ms. Younger's Site: http://brandeeyounger.com/
Tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc4iluNVwNY << from this series: http://www.npr.org/series/144918893/field-recordings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDrrBVtaF64 << Her sax player is serious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ZgcfZC5y0 << Homage to an original << Used a signal processor to more BG the skins in the mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wFAkTHtTKA << This piece was written natively for the harp by Alice Coltrane.

Sr. Castaneda's Site: http://www.edmarcastaneda.com/
Tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SNhAKyXtC8 << Only 1 phrase need apply--"OMG, YES!" << Imagine a full concert--I'd be a sheet of sweat with joyously achy legs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZLdf9Vda0 << We having fun yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUfnBeiqvek << The way they shape this piece is a marvel to behold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no-9kJg68hw < I challenge you to not move even 1 body part to this...
BONUS: A 1-hour trio concert on a cruise ship; w/ a terrif vibes player, Joe Locke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVa49WwXzr8

sensory overload now; more later...