well, it’s been far too long without posting something with the word “groove”. cooked up a nice dinner and afterwards was listening to this. from downstairs, the family shouted “stop tapping your foot!” ’nuff said, here it is. over dinner, we were listening to corcoran holt (who i saw recently playing with kenny garrett in madrid), which my daughter put on thinking it might be classical. won’t be fooled by a double-bass on an album cover again, i expect.
incidentally, the date of this is a bit vague. the folder name is for 24-dec-1993, the info file has it as the 23rd, and the tracks themselves are labelled with “set 1” as on 24-dec and “set 2” as on 14-dec.
groove collective
unknown
tokyo, japan
december 23, 1993
gordon “nappy g” clay – vocals
fabio morgera – trumpet
richard worth – flute
bill ware – vibraphone
josh roseman – trombone
itaal shur – keyboards
genji siraisi – drums
jonathan maron – bass
1. intro
2. rent strike
3. ms. grier
4. chunky groove
5. balimka
6. tunji
7. satsuki
8. saturday afternoon
9. gengi monogatari
disc 2
1. rahsaansong
2. watchugot
3. dreamtime
4. the nerd
5. buddha head
sbd > ? > cdr > eac > flac
(wavelab to remove glitches; see below)
a great recording and a killer setlist. a few minor sound issues: about 1:29 into saturday afternoon there was some electronic mayhem, perhaps a cable being wiggled. it’s been cleaned up substantially. rahsaansong has about 2 minutes of very light static, perhaps from an earlier eac, which i spent a few hours cleaning up. the really offensive stuff is gone, but once you get started there’s always another tiny tic to remove, and if you listen closely you may still hear it. but, overall, not a big deal.
enjoy!
–mhg :: 03/19/12
sample: d2t02 watchugot.mp3
download: GrooveCollective_1993-12-24_TokyoJapan.zip