Arturoooooo!
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jeanvieve(Pronounced in the way one might "Tatsuooo!")
Dave and I went to a sold out show of Arturo Sandoval at Mackey Auditorium last night. The opening number was so beautiful I got breathless, a jazz standard with solo trumpet and a little synthesizer.
But then downhill for a while - and not because of Arturo. They had sound issues - a high pitched "booooooooooooooo" noise going on that wasn't lucky enough to be in the right key they were playing. For me it drowned out details. The sax player had some sort of electronic sax with keys he tried to play, but no output from it for 2 songs. I held my hand over my ear a lot.
But it got better toward the end. I think the speakers were too loud, but that's me feeling old. I'm not sure you need two Ted Nugent sized speaker racks for a jazz concert, and we were sitting right in front of the left side stack.
Anyway. Arturo himself definitely can play faster and higher than any trumpeter I've ever heard. And he played a lot of piano too, some of his own compositions that blurred his fingers on the keyboard too. His cuban beat salsa was magnificent, with some call and response between him and the sax/percussion. He may be older and Colorado may be dry and high up, but he's still got some formidable chops. And he played with soul.
Now, Tomasito the percussionist - wow. I didn't have any notion that maracas were such an amazingly sexy instrument, or that they could ever sound like that. I was stuck mentally in the Desi Arnaz years, and I've been hauled up to the present with glee.
Dave and I went to a sold out show of Arturo Sandoval at Mackey Auditorium last night. The opening number was so beautiful I got breathless, a jazz standard with solo trumpet and a little synthesizer.
But then downhill for a while - and not because of Arturo. They had sound issues - a high pitched "booooooooooooooo" noise going on that wasn't lucky enough to be in the right key they were playing. For me it drowned out details. The sax player had some sort of electronic sax with keys he tried to play, but no output from it for 2 songs. I held my hand over my ear a lot.
But it got better toward the end. I think the speakers were too loud, but that's me feeling old. I'm not sure you need two Ted Nugent sized speaker racks for a jazz concert, and we were sitting right in front of the left side stack.
Anyway. Arturo himself definitely can play faster and higher than any trumpeter I've ever heard. And he played a lot of piano too, some of his own compositions that blurred his fingers on the keyboard too. His cuban beat salsa was magnificent, with some call and response between him and the sax/percussion. He may be older and Colorado may be dry and high up, but he's still got some formidable chops. And he played with soul.
Now, Tomasito the percussionist - wow. I didn't have any notion that maracas were such an amazingly sexy instrument, or that they could ever sound like that. I was stuck mentally in the Desi Arnaz years, and I've been hauled up to the present with glee.
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Davey Jones & Maracas
Date: 2007-10-10 08:11 am (UTC)How ironic that you've mentioned maracas and Davy Jones with in a few days.... I knew maracas were sexy when I first saw The Monkey's - Davey Jones, be still my little girl heart.... I've never quite gotten over my desire to play the tambourine ;)
Hope all is well - Say Hello and give my love to Pony. Hope you stopped in Ashland... Much love, Tink