Inna, I know you don't realize that you responded to the "Manhattan restaurant music", but did not respond to a post that I left specifically for you.
07-14-2017 12:03pm: I left this post on that date specifically for you.
Jazz for aficionados
Well, I’ve been to an awful lot of Manhattan restaurants and I’ve never heard music like that in any of them. "Smooth jazz", yes, but the Connors cut is not smooth jazz; as I define it, anyway. "Mr. Cool" is not nearly as "bubble-gummy" as most of what gets passed off as "smooth jazz" and, for me, falls more in the category of "fusion", but without the abnoxious electronic excess of a lot of it. Nice funky shuffle beat on a tune with a couple of interesting twists and turns, and fast virtuosic flourishes very reminiscent of vintage Chick Corea (Return To Forever); nice playing all the way around. Connors shows a lot of restraint in his playing, especially for being the leader, and I appreciate the economy. The rest of the band is recently deceased Latin-jazz-fusion flutist Dave Valentin’s band; all excellent contemporary fusion players and very in demand studio guys. Re the recently brought up subject of bass players: if Lincoln Goines' playing doesn’t prove what a formidable influence Jaco Pastorious was in the world of electric bass I don’t know what is. My only real issue with the clip is that I think the engineer/producer got just a little bit carried away with the micing of the snare. Great snare sound; but just a little bit too big, imo. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DuwzQOP2LXA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRMOZ-GITw |
The Dregs have officially said they are having a reunion tour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slkd-jIIPjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vULLZVpxSRE |