Yesterday, I wrote a bit about Joe Zawinul and the Weather Report song “A Remark You Made”. I found this nice live version of the tune. Those familiar with the studio version will notice it’s a bit different. Smiling Jaco…cool.
As always, rip out your frets and fill the slots with plastic wood then press pause on the music player located in the side bar before playing the YouTube.
By the way, some of my favorite stuff from Wayne Shorter and Peter Erskine has a nice touch on the ballads.
I’ve been listening to songs from West African, nylon string, jazz guitarist, Lionel Loueke this morning. There are some streams from his new record “Karibu” (a Swahili word meaning welcome) at his website. I saw a Herbie Hancock thing on cable a few months ago that featured Louke and I was struck by his chord voicings and tight, fluid syncopation. This guy is a polished player. He played on Herbie’s album, “River: The Joni Letters”, a tribute to Joni Mitchell which won the Grammy for “Album of the Year”. Hancock, by the way, plays scorching piano on the song “Seven Teens” from the “Karibu” set. Wayne Shorter plays on the album as well along with Loueke’s trio.
If you haven’t heard Lionel Loueke, you need to. This is not “archivist” jazz, it’s fresh sounding, vibrant and intensely musical.
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