[Brasil '66 Does Beatles Better Than the Beatles]

24 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

When I was a kid, I thought the Beatles were the sound of the 60s.  Now, as an adult, I think that Lennon & McCartney were simply one ingredient in that wonderful 1960s international stew that also included Jobim, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Tony Hatch, Morricone, Michel Legrand, et. al.

The other artist who does definitive Beatles covers is Gary McFarland.  I can never go back to the Beatles' version of "And I Love Her" after hearing Gary's.

I just listened to the Gary McFarland cover. Wow, that's beautiful. 

[Brasil '66 Does Beatles Better Than the Beatles]

On 1/15/2011 at 9:48 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

Day Tripper...

Norwegian Wood...

 

And of course...

 

The Fool on the Hill.

 

Whenever Brasil '66 did a Beatles tune, it always BLEW AWAY the Beatles' own version.

 

There are plenty of examples on Youtube, but I'm too lazy to post them.

 

They are also readily available at a thrift store near you.

 

That's it, I'm going to bed.

 

Happy MLK weekend!

I'm with you. My first exposure to the Beatles was the RMM Tropical Tribute to the Beatles album. As far as I'm concerned, if you're not Latinizing the Beatles you're doing it wrong.

[Robert Glasper]

3 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I know T. K. Blue from his years with Randy Weston. 

That's how I heard of him too. 

[Bill Evans TIME REMEMBERED documentary]

On 10/21/2017 at 10:38 AM, sgcim said:

"It was well done, but if you're an Evans fanatic, and have read the biography, there's not much new there."

 

The Paul Motian interview portions were very entertaining as I recall.

[Robert Glasper]

I went to the Thursday show. I thought it was great. 

It sounds like they played a similar set to what mrjazzman saw. As a longtime admirer of Derrick Hodge, it was great to see him live. His recorded bass tone on tends to be very dark, so it was nice to see him up close. He played electric bass, lots of chording. During his ~4 minute unaccompanied bass solo I thought about how he was on the same stage where he recorded the Live at Yoshi's records with Mulgrew Miller. 

Chris Dave is my favorite drummer so seeing him is always very inspiring.

The DJ could have been mixed a little quieter and he could have used some more samples (he played the same four speech excerpts over and over again), but that's a very minor criticism of a great musical performance.

On my way home I played Lion Babe's Sun Joint mixtape and Egyptian Oasis by TK Blue to keep the mood going.