I made a last minute decision to hit this show and it was infukincredible. They had a kid sit in on the upright acoustic bass last night.... who was unreal. I\'ve never seen anyone play bass like this in my life. The keyboard player, is the most animated musician ever, he used his rig like a jungle gym. Climbing over it, laying under it, all the while laying down some serious towel headed keyboard science. And despite being surrounded by a group of huge musical personalities, Animal was, well, Animal. If you\'ve never seen this boy play jazz, you\'ve only seen half his talent.
The crowd, standing back, mouths dropped in utter amazement included John and Casey of Hubinger ST., SteveGencs, oldnewbie, and Ken documenting the event on film.
If you missed this last night... and you all DID! Don\'t miss it next week
Nice recap Mr. Chagnon......Glad to see you made it home and into work today.......
Folks, this is the real deal..... I am far from a jazz afficianado, but the music being created in the Blah Blah Collective seems to transcend jazz/funk or anything but just amazing music from amazing musicians....
The upright bassist was insane. At setbreak he was telling us how he was playing with some famous German clarinetist (or some other wood horn) in Germany with a head full of acid......
Adrian, forgetaboutit.....Watching him create on the fly, composing if you will, is a treat. It is completely different than watching him behind the kit at a Breakfast show. The sounds are as flavorful as any italian dish the Animal creates in his kitchen at home....
Matt Oestreicher is the keyboardist, and no Bill wasnt using a derrogatory term for arab or whatnot when he said "towel headed keyboard science". Matt is very quirky and drapes a towel over his shaved head while playing at times. Lets put it this way, Ken stepped off his video rig and came over to me and asked me, "what planet do you think this kid is from?"
George Lesiw is a tallented guitarist. Obviously very well versed in jazz and space guitar. It was easy to see the joy on his face as he jammed all night adding just the right amount of guitar to each and every jam.
Unfortunately Mike Nuno took a back seat on bass due to the sit in of the upright bass. He was playing his electric bass, but it was hard to hear him. I look forward to catching another Blah Blah gig to see Mr. Nuno in full flegged action......
All in all this is a musical treat. Those of you who are really not into the whole Timmy Tour cover mania, and want to hear some amazing original jams in the keys of jazz/funk/and sheer outter space would love this. I mean love to the point of drooling on yourselves....
Thanks to BillyChags for meeting me out in the valley. Which, by the way, may seem to be far away but this place is litterally 10 minutes from Milford, CT..... Thanks to Mr. Oldnewb whose quote really blew me away. About 10 minutes after he got there, "I just saw moe. for 5 nights in the city and this is as good as anything i saw there". Thanks for the beer brother...
But really, a huge thank you to The Blah Blah Collective....... I hope to see some great nights down in the beautiful all americal valley this summer.......
