Louis Hayes & The Cannonball Legacy Band

[mrjazzman]

Caught this group; Louis Hayes, drums, Rick Germanson, piano, Dezron Douglas, bass, Jeremy Pelt, trumpet and Vincent Herring, alto sax. 8pm set at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA. No 10pm set, really, what's goin on. Anyway, Vincent Herring clearly is the leader of this group and he was ON FIRE, blistering, blazing, RAZOR SHARP ideas and progressions, amazing bird-like rapid runs, Bird and Cannonball are alive and well within Vincent Herring and although V.H. has had his own voice for quite some time now, you can still hear that permanent cannonball influence. IMO, Herring is without question at the very top of the heap when it comes to today's alto sax men. Pelt was good although he stumbled a couple of times while transitioning from one idea to the next, but still very solid. Very funny intro to Work Song from Herring. Germanson had two beautiful solo pieces. Overall, a solid hard bop band circa 2013. This group and The Cookers are it for me. Joey DeFrancesco will be there this Fri and Sat and of course so will I.

[Head Man]

Saw this group at Ronnie Scott's club last year and they were top notch. I would agree that Vincent Herring seems to be the leader. As well as playing a number of blistering solos, he did all the introductions and told a number of amusing anecdotes.

[Tom 1960]

Great to hear some good buzz about Vincent Herring. I've been meaning to pick up some of his recordings for some time now.

[Guy Berger]

Do they play any post-1964 Cannonball stuff?

[BillF]

Caught this group; Louis Hayes, drums, Rick Germanson, piano, Dezron Douglas, bass, Jeremy Pelt, trumpet and Vincent Herring, alto sax. 8pm set at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA. No 10pm set, really, what's goin on. Anyway, Vincent Herring clearly is the leader of this group and he was ON FIRE, blistering, blazing, RAZOR SHARP ideas and progressions, amazing bird-like rapid runs, Bird and Cannonball are alive and well within Vincent Herring and although V.H. has had his own voice for quite some time now, you can still hear that permanent cannonball influence. IMO, Herring is without question at the very top of the heap when it comes to today's alto sax men. Pelt was good although he stumbled a couple of times while transitioning from one idea to the next, but still very solid. Very funny intro to Work Song from Herring. Germanson had two beautiful solo pieces. Overall, a solid hard bop band circa 2013. This group and The Cookers are it for me. Joey DeFrancesco will be there this Fri and Sat and of course so will I.

They've been together a long time! All but Dezron Douglas are on this fine 2002 album:

[mrjazzman]

Do they play any post-1964 Cannonball stuff?

Not sure, but V.H. said the group is doing a live recording session in Vancouver, Canada within the next week or two, I might go back tonight just to hear some more Vincent Herring

[mrjazzman]

Great to hear some good buzz about Vincent Herring. I've been meaning to pick up some of his recordings for some time now.

Tom 1960, man, you've got to pick these titles: All To Real, American Experience, Change The World, Don't Let It Go, Early On(Evidence&Dawnbird), Ends And Means, Folklore, Mr. Wizzard, Scene One, Secret Love, Simple Pleasure, Sterling Place All-Stars, With Eric Alexander; Friendly Fire, Live At Smoke, The Battle,Live At Smoke, he made a few with Cedar Walton, at least one with Jeff Palmer

[Tom 1960]

Great to hear some good buzz about Vincent Herring. I've been meaning to pick up some of his recordings for some time now.

Tom 1960, man, you've got to pick these titles: All To Real, American Experience, Change The World, Don't Let It Go, Early On(Evidence&Dawnbird), Ends And Means, Folklore, Mr. Wizzard, Scene One, Secret Love, Simple Pleasure, Sterling Place All-Stars, With Eric Alexander; Friendly Fire, Live At Smoke, The Battle,Live At Smoke, he made a few with Cedar Walton, at least one with Jeff Palmer

Sounds like you're a huge fan. Thanks!

[BFrank]

DAMN! I really wanted to see one of those shows.