George Porter Jr’s Runnin’ Pardners
November 11, 2012
Live Oak, FL @ Bear Creek Music Festival – Big IV Amphitheater
PART 1 of 3:
Funksomethingness > Hey Now Baby, Whatcha Say, ???
PART 2 of 3:
Mister Charlie [Grateful Dead cover] (with Billy Iuso & James Casey)
Smokestack Lightnin’ [Howlin' Wolf cover] (with Billy Iuso & Pee Wee Ellis)
Sailin’ Shoes > (with Brayden Iuso & Roosevelt Collier)
Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley (with Roosevelt Collier)
PART 3 of 3:
Drum solo > I Get High > I Need More Time (with Ike Stubblefield, Eric Krasno, Skerik & James Casey)
Galactic featuring Corey Henry & Corey Glover
March 4, 2012 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre Part 1 of 3: Ha Di Ka, I Don’t Know What It Is But It Sure Is Funky (Ripple cover), Keep Steppin’, You Don’t Know, Carnival Time (Al “Carnival Time” Johnson cover), Going Down Slowly (Allen Toussaint / Pointer Sisters cover)
Galactic featuring Corey Henry & Corey Glover
March 4, 2012 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre Part 2 of 3: Heart of Steel, Out In The Street, Stanton Moore drum solo > Boe Money, Total Destruction To Your Mind (Swamp Dogg cover)
Galactic featuring Corey Henry & Corey Glover
March 4, 2012 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre Part 3 of 3: Kashmir (Led Zeppelin cover), Cult of Personality (Living Colour cover)
VIDEO 1: Canon XA10 (front row tripod/handheld) by Rex-A-Vision & FunkIt
VIDEO 2: Canon Vixia HF21 (balcony tripod) by FunkIt
VIDEO 3: Canon EOS 5D Mark II (handheld SLR) by Rex-A-Vision
AUDIO: Sony ECM-MS908C stereo mic > Canon Vixia HF21 (in balcony)
Last weekend I had the pleasure of finally witnessing The Robert Glasper Experiment do their thing. Although drummer Chris “Daddy” Dave wasn’t on this tour, replacement Mark Colenburg more than held his own. (As I knew he would after I saw him play with The Robert Glasper Trio last month in St. Louis. Don’t miss my audio recording of that here.)
On this chilly Chicago night, special guest Bilal joined the Experiment for 3 tunes: the David Bowie cover, Letter To Hermione, the J Dilla produced Reminisce, and his seminal piece, All Matter. On top of that, the Experiment played for well over 2 hours without a break. One of the highlights for me was Glasper repeatedly teasing Radiohead‘s Everything In Its Right Place during this 6 minute piano solo, which led into All Matter. I ended up shooting 48 minutes of footage using my video camera, external microphone and monopod. Check it out below:
The Robert Glasper Experiment
March 10, 2012 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
Butterfly (Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover):
The Robert Glasper Experiment
March 10, 2012 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
Lift Off (inc. drum solos):
The Robert Glasper Experiment & Bilal
March 10, 2012 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
Reminisce:
The Robert Glasper Experiment & Bilal
March 10, 2012 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
Piano solo (inc. Everything In Its Right Place teases) > All Matter:
The Robert Glasper Experiment & Bilal
March 10, 2012 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
All Matter (continued):
The Robert Glasper Experiment: Robert Glasper: keys Casey Benjamin: saxophones, keytar, vocoder, keys Derrick Hodge: bass Mark Colenburg: drums
+ special guest Bilal: vocals
Full setlist: A Love Supreme (John Coltrane cover), A Tear To A Smile (Roy Ayers cover), Butterfly (Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover), Letter To Hermione (David Bowie cover) (with Bilal), Lift Off (inc. drum solos), Bass solo > Say Yes (Floetry cover), Cherish The Day (Sade cover), Reminisce (with Bilal), Piano solo (w/ Everything In It’s Right Place teases) > All Matter (with Bilal), Ah Yeah > Drum solo > Smells Like Teen Spirit
If you made it this far, then you’re probably interested in the other Robert Glasper recordings I’ve been posting lately:
(1) these 3/20/12 Experiment Chicago videos
(2) 2/27/12 Experiment WNYC radio session audio here
(3) Experiment with Roy Ayers & Pete Rock @ North Sea Jazz Fest last year here
and
(4) there are 2 other goodies, but you’ll have to search my facebook page for it (hint: March 3rd).
