C.J. Lewis Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 So every year, I go to NAMM and see amazing players do amazing demos with amazing products, and then at night; I end up having dinner meeting after dinner meeting (usually at Buca). I'm not really complaining - it's cool. This year, I ran into Greg Mathieson and Abe Laboriel, Sr. at the entrance. In fact, I dropped my NAMM guide on the way in, and who but Abe, Sr. that picked it up for me (such a servant's heart!) I found out that they were playing with Bill Maxwell and Justo Almario at the Baked Potato on Saturday, the 17th...FINALLY! I've been dying to hear them there ever since I bought the Live at the Baked Potato with them, Vinnie C on drums, and Mike Landau on guitar. Of course, I can never hope to recreate the magic that was seen and heard that night in this thread...it was fairly incredible. My wife Kendra and I had a great time (and the marinated steak baked potatoes were pretty amazing, too!)...here's a few pics... CJ, Abe, and Kendra http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn208/ivorycj/The%20Baked%20Potato/IMG_0213.jpg That Abe, always moving! http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn208/ivorycj/The%20Baked%20Potato/IMG_0204.jpg Thanks for a great night, guys! ivorycj Main stuff: Yamaha CP88 | Korg Kronos 2 73 | Kurzweil Forte 7 | 1898 Steinway I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Sounds great, CJ!! I went to the Baked Potato on Sunday in the hope to catch Allan Holdsworth, but it was (obviously) sold out for both shows... so I went to Catalina and saw Kenny Garrett's new group - a bunch of young hard funksters including a totally original Hammond player. A concert to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhodaway10 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Marino, do you know the Hammond B3 player's name? www.brianho.net http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brianho www.youtube.com/brianhojazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 No, sorry. Kenny introduced the group in the middle of applause and various noises, so I couldn't catch his name. He's a young, tall black guy. He was playing a B3 with a Leslie 122 of which he made frequent use. He had a unique style, for the most part playing sustained chord, but playing with adding/subtracting notes, changing the timbre and superimposing harmonies. The group wasn't using complex harmonies (mostly modal/funk type of stuff), but on those basic structures, he played pyramids of fascinating polychords. He almost never played rhythmically. On the few linear/melodic solos that he took, he used unusual registration, like the first + last three drawbars out and chorus/vibrato... I had never heard anyone playing Hammond like that, and I guess that's quite an achievement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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