Chameleon by Herbie Hancock (live at The Ark Berklee Studio, Boston) by Zak Icaza Boston Quintet
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Zak Icaza Quintet live session recorded on September 2016.
Zak Icaza - Drums (Ecuador)
Patrick Norris - Bass (Arizona)
Andreas Epaminonda - Guitar (Cyprus)
Kyle Sheldon - Sax (Washington)
Simon Ng - Keys (Singapore)
Produced and mixed by Juan Hernandez.
I watch this so often. One of the greatest drum sessions of chameleon online!
Take a bow, gentlemen! Certainly one of the more inspired cover of Herbie’s classic that I have come across.
Each one of you are on point - bravo!
Awesome drumming dude. I remember jamming this song out with friends once, and finding that the Rosanna half time shuffle goes perfectly over the A section. One of the best songs to jam with people.
Dude that drummer is on point. Good job!
Thanks!!
@@zakicazadrummer3678 mm
Yeah man
@@zakicazadrummer3678 why did you change the first snare in the A section... the original one is killer
They changed the syncopated snare approaching beat 2. It doesn't have the same groove
Awesome!
Hugs from Brazil!
This is one of the most difficult pieces of music EVER to improvise well. Herbie Hancock keeps the groove flowing while he has excellent ideas without losing the feeling. It´s not like a normal improvisation, you can´t think about it using long phrases. It´s very difficult to have the right swing.
Agree
I agree. The guitarist is playing too many notes, kind of running out of ideas, in short the way i play myself guitar.
@@robertbriquet It´s terrible when we run out of good ideas ( melodic ideas ). We need to be in a state of mental and spiritual purity to be on the highest level. When you reach this level, when you are on those days, have you noticed that everything you play, even some wrong notes come out well and musical ? On the other hand, when we are worried trying to make our best, most times, we become mechanical, and although the improvisation is correct, no wrong notes, it´s not musical, not melodic, no remarkable. That´s why currently I try to follow Bill Evans advice. He said something like: "Just relax and everything will go the right way". We simply need to relax and ENJOY what we´re doing. If we try to be perfect, we´ll miss the point. All the best.
@@robertbriquet BTW, I have no doubt the guitarrist is an excellent one. There´s a difference between being an excellent instrumentist and playing musical solos. Unfortunately, that "state of grace" doesn´t come always when most of us want, like Keith Jarret, Peterson, Bill Evans, Corea, Hancock make it look so easy...
@@robertbriquet Absolutely agree. I needed to look it up, and he apparently studied Jazz guitar later in life at Berklee, but I can tell he doesn't have his *roots* in jazz. He also needs to remember and utilize one of the best pieces of advice you can give to a soloist: Don't just play notes; play silence, too. As a drummer, it goes for us, too. I rarely play straight through an entire solo - it just makes you sound like you're either trying to show off or don't really know what you're doing instead of communicating a journey via dynamics, rhythm, notes, and tone. It's an easy way to spot people either new to jazz or coming over from another genre.
That was what I call a funky, juicy, groovy jam! 😎
fantastic video
Fresh & Creative !
Thank you!!
Fanatastic!
That drummer is amazing
That’s fire
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice work
Nice rendition of Chameleon.
Groovy!
Nice stuff, gentlemen! This long B-flat vamp can be tough to blow over but I really enjoyed the varied ideas and how each solo built up in intensity. I went to Berklee a million years ago- is this studio in the Boylston building or over on Mass Ave? Anyway, dug this and will be looking for more. Thank you!
Cool! I live near Boston
I hope no one get 'lectricuted playin' this hot stuff! Excellent playing brothers ...
Its crazy how all the comments are complaining. Well guys, looks like everyone in the internet can do this better than you. I'm just here to say good job.
Not to Bad , Good Vibe , with Heart , RESPECT
start with bas by itself
That was sick
Nice drumming dude, keep it groovin! It’s just that the instrument formation is a little of. Nice jam!
Good groove basse
Amazing feel you all! Who's the guitar player? Amazing touch 😍
This is an amazing cover. my only criticism is the lack of the misplaced snare inbetween beats one and two
A Jazz judge once told me, some songs you just gotta play the shit as recorded when it’s that iconic.
So
True
Agree. That beat was ground-breaking and is as important to the identity of the song as the bass line and melody
That’s how it was written
Its about musical expression.
what a run at 5:24
Wow are you guys berklee student? Just wondering
я это на выступление готовить буду😨
F*ing great!! Nice job.
The lick 2:50
Cool. Liked the avoidance of putting too much on the top.
Miss the snare for the beat
That isn’t the same band I seen back in the ‘70s on the Eastside of St.Paul
0:59
genial!!!
Gracias!!
What cymbal is that to the right?
I accidentally pressed 1.25 playback speed 🤯
Not the same without the snare playing slightly before beat 2
Not quite my tempo :) Nice work dudes!
Thank you!
Mmmmm, the Guitar player needs to smoke some of the calming plants.
scofield
wrong drumming, its a jazz funk song not a r & b song
It doesn’t matter. It’s jazz. The chart is the least important part. Does the drumming sound good? Yes. Does anything else matter? Nope.
naaaah, too noisy. Why you don't play rock? Leave and forget jazz and funk
Cool Sound, but all of the Solos where kind of sloppy and directionless. Poor phrasing and too less rhythmic Ideas, if you ask me ( a graduate student from a conservatory). alltough the sax player does a better job than guitar and piano (of course he is the sax player), sometimes even he is lacking the right articulation, to really give his lines some stronger purpose... It's okay, they probably where still learning at that time. Nevertheless it's a nice, enjoyable performance.
They’re extremely good, unless judged by your impossibly high academic standards.