Lettuce lettuce2014-04-27
2014-04-27 Maple Leaf
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Lettuce Live at Maple Leaf on 2014-04-27
Source 145981
SBD > Yamaha M7CL > Tascam DR-680 @ 24/48
DSP: WAV > Cool Edit Pro (dither from 24bit to 16bit) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > TLH (Flac 8)
Recorded by Nick Burlison
DSP: WAV > Cool Edit Pro (dither from 24bit to 16bit) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > TLH (Flac 8)
Recorded by Nick Burlison
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Lettuce: The Untouchables April 27, 2014 New Orleans, LA @ Maple Leaf - 3am (morning of 4/28/14) SBD > Yamaha M7CL > Tascam DR-680 @ 24/48 DSP: WAV > Cool Edit Pro (dither from 24bit to 16bit) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > TLH (Flac 8) Recorded by Nick Burlison Converted and flaced by Funk It Blog 01. Intro 02. Inside You [Eddie Henderson] 03. Spider [Herbie Hancock] > 04. Gentle Thoughts Herbie Hancock] 05. Butterfly [Herbie Hancock] 06. Hang Up Your Hang Ups [Herbie Hancock] 07. Watermelon Man [Herbie Hancock] 08. bass interlude 09. Do It Like You Do > Gospel Breakdown The Untouchables: Nigel Hall - keys Big D Perkins - guitar Adam Deitch - drums Jesus Coomes - bass Ryan Zoidis - sax Eric Bloom - trumpet I think this was actually Jesus' Peasant Party, or took the place of it. It was billed as "Untouchables Play the funkier side of Herbie Hancock". Review by Bee Getz: http://www.upfullife.com/2013-jazz-fest-after-dark-new-orleans-b-getz-on-jambase/?fbclid=IwAR1y2hzXh0eA124WGS22M_DuCMeughfuK-DSbP56wkkTRKpHirjk5OLNbRI The Untouchables was another one-off jam collective assembled for the purposes of Jazz Fest, yet these cats were more than familiar with one another, and the material they chose could not have been more appropriate. This gig saw saw most of Lettuce, with Big D Perkins of Boukou Groove handling guitar duties, unleashing two hours of pure, unadulterated Herbie funk. As one may have guessed, The Untouchables performed solely material from Hancock’s most funky era, the mid 1970’s, namely songs from the HeadHunters, Manchild and Thrustalbums. Like any self-respecting funk musicians, the Royal Family knows these tunes inside and out, like the back of their hands, every little hidden lick and tendency was fleshed out to the max and with verve taboot. In this setting, each player was in subconscious lock-step with another, the Berkelee School of Music training of the mid-90s rearing its head in these structured compositions. Nigel Hall led the troupe, bringing it all together with analog synths, as Deitch and Jesus Coomes supplied the weighty low end. Perkins was the wildcard, delivering staccato, rhythmic guitar work inside of Coomes’ thunderous-yet-agile, Paul Jackson bass gymnastics. Ryan Zoidis did his best Bennie Maupin, lacing the tight robotic funk with rallying cries on sax, augmented by the tasteful trumpet stylings of Bloom; their virtuoso really came through during elements of “Sun Touch” and “Steppin’ In It.” The two horn players pushed through the dense mix to the forefront at times, only to fall back into the weeds for Hall or Perkins to dominate. The music possessed the loosest kind of structure, Deitch manning the drum kit with Mike Clark precision, quick passages turning into heavily Echoplexed Rhodes or analog licks from Hall that set off a myriad of jams: “Actual Proof” was first degree murder, as was “Watermelon Man” and the late show fury of “Hang Up Your Hang-Ups” did more than just deliver, it showed and proved just why this collection of musicians were up for the Herbie challenge; and on this night, they were indeed untouchable.
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