Re: [acid-jazz] Jimmy Smith Tribute

From: Erik Gaderlund (gaderson_at_mac.com)
Date: 2005-03-27 11:17:14

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    At 08:54 AM +0000 03/27/05, Peter Hall wrote:
    >As most of you know, Jimmy Smith recently died, and many of you
    >probably know that there was a Jimmy Smith Tribute at Yoshi's in
    >Oakland. Both my cousin and I were really excited to go to the
    >Jimmy Smith with Joey DeFrancesco concert (the Lonnie Smith with
    >Joey DeFrancesco concert a couple years ago at Yoshi's was both of
    >our favorite concert ever), but then Jimmy Smith died and we were
    >upset. But Yoshi's made the show a tribute to Jimmy Smith, and it
    >ended up being an even better show than the Lonnie Smith with Joey
    >DeFrancesco show.

    Ditto.

    >James Moody was on sax and flute and vocals, and was super funny
    >with his wierd jokes. At one point he even started rapping, which
    >was a suprise to even the musicians, by the way the drummer looked
    >at Joey, but he followed along with a super funky beat. Then some
    >manager of the club walked onto the stage and whispered something to
    >Joey, and after the song was over, BILL COSBY walked onto the stage.
    >My cousin and I were at a table touching the stage. I could have
    >grabbed Bill Cosby's ankle if I wanted! He was pretty funny, but
    >honestly, James Moody was more comedic. Bill Cosby guested on drums
    >for a song. The actual drummer is one of the best drummers I have
    >ever seen (and I've seen Lewis Nash, Brian Blade, Genji Siraisi,
    >Elvin Jones on video, etc). I should look him up. He is the
    >drummer for Joey DeFrancesco's trio, because I recognised him from
    >when they played with Lonnie Smith.

    Which show did you go to? My group went to the Friday 10 show (after
    diner at Yoshi's). I would also give props to the guitar player.
    And, yes James was quite a riot (he did the woman's part when sining
    a duet, before he did the rap thing). I did see Jimmy the last time
    he came through with my Dad, and I think Joey was a bit more fun--he
    actually played rather than talked the whole time like Jimmy did.

    erik g