Post #575261 by Mr. Ho on Tue, Feb 8, 2011 6:31 PM

Got my copy today! good stuff. Before reading the back of the album, I noticed a few things that were kinda fun to hear as a musician and to picture how they did during the recording/gigging at the restaurant:

• Use of tumbao patterns normally played on congas but instead, played on the timbales. (Quiet Village, Sway). Kinda interesting; shows the percussionist was trying to cover a multi-player percussion section with 1 body perhaps...
• Reharmonized quiet village with extensive soloing - for me, it shows that this tune which is so often performed as a cover to the recording(s), was used more like a jazz standard - the melodies were kept but it was also used as a basis for jazz/improv. They took a lot of liberty!
• SHangri-La - my fav!
• Not crazy about electric bass; or the bass sound - not sure if that was an electric on the album or not (The picture shows it to be)...
• Sway - exotica with trumpet! wow :wink:

nice job jeff!

mr. Ho