It’s Saturday Night everywhere at least once a week…. it’s my turn tonight. Jazz and Mozart are my preferred non-toxic escape from reality when I need a Jolt of Joy you can only get from artistic perfection…… In this masterpiece of jazz perfection, the Grammy Award winnering group Snarky Puppy performs. Cory Henry – keyboards (solo) – demonstrates why electronic keyboards were invented in a solo performance that is beyond genius! We are not worthy of such sounds on this planet……
Snarky Puppy is a Brooklyn, New York-based instrumental fusion band led by Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer and producer Michael League.
This video is from the DVD “We Like It Here” (available at http://snarkypuppy.ropeadope.com) Recorded and filmed live (free of overdubs) from October 7-10 at Kytopia Studios in Utrecht, the Netherlands, for GroundUP Music. For more information and upcoming tour dates, please visit http://groundup.ropeadope.com or http://www.snarkypuppy.com. Written, arranged, and produced by Michael League.
Personnel:
Michael League – bass
Shaun Martin – keyboards
Bill Laurance – keyboards Cory Henry – keyboards (solo)
Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes
Mark Lettieri – guitar
Bob Lanzetti – guitar
Chris McQueen – guitar
Nate Werth – percussion
Larnell Lewis – drums
Mike Maher – trumpet (solo)
Chris Bullock – sax (solo)
Bob Reynolds – sax
Jay Jennings – trumpet
Engineered by Eric Hartman, Roy Van Rosendaal, Mike Harrison, & Colin Benders.
Filmed by Andy LaViolette, Brad Holt, Emily Schwarting, Joseph Lafond, and Christi LaViolette.
Mixed by Eric Hartman in Dallas, Texas.
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk New York, NY.
Here is a short, introductory video to the book ALIEN INTERVIEW. The sound track to the book is the actual ABC radio broadcast announcing the crash of the UFO at Roswell, NM on July 8, 1947.
See more videos related the the transcripts published in the Alien Interview book on the Alien Interview YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlienInterviewVideos/featured
I first hear Flamenco music in 1964 when the uncle and father of members of The Gypsy kings released their first record album in the US titled: Manitas de Plata: Guitarra Flamenco. It was recorded in a small room with a few invited guests, including the world famous artist Pablo Picasso. His cousin, a carpet layer, Jose Reyes, who is the father of several of the members of The Gypsy Kings, was the vocalist. When I heard the magnificent and authentic guitar playing on this record I was instantly electrified! Memories of my past lives spent in Spain and France as a gypsy flooded back into my consciousness with overwhelming passion for this music and these beautifully crude, by free, peasants who were originally refugees from India and Egypt. Here are two cuts from Manitas De Plata performing Tarantas. This is the first US recordings ever made of Manitas De Plata — October 1963, in Arles, France, produced by Connoisseur Society (the recording engineer was David B. Jones). It was initially released as an LP (“Manitas de Plata aux Saintes Maries de la Mer“) on the Philips and Connoisseur Society labels. To this day I have never heard a performance of authentic Flamenco guitar playing as flawlessly performed as those recorded on this record.
Here are TWO selections from that album:
In 2003 I attended a concert of the Gypsy Kings at The Greek Theater in L.A. as a birthday present to myself. This is my favorite music group of all time! They continue the proud heritage of the true gypsy spirit of freedom and passion and musical genius! Here is the complete album of the Gypsy Kings Greatest Hits:
