THE SHOW YOUR LOVE JAM
(featuring Andre Lassalle, Jerry Jemmott, Greg Woods & Melvin Sparks, and
others)
At Lucille's Grille - NYC (12/22/06)
Greg "The Professor" Woods & Andre Lassalle!!!
I
arrived at Lucille's Grille (next to B.B. King's Blues Club) about 45 minutes
late to check out the guys (Andre Lassalle, Jerry Jemmott, Greg Woods, etc.)
doing some good blues stuff, including B.B. King's classic "The Thrill is
Gone". After taking a break at 11:30pm, the guys were back to some funky
blues cuts at 12:00 midnight, including "Function in the Junction", a
JB's-style groove with some blazing horny horns (saxophones and trumpet),
super-thumpin' bass lines by Jerry Jemmott and nice rhythm guitar lines by Mr.
Andre Lassalle!! "Memphis Soul Stew" was a funky slice of New
Orleans/gumbo-style soul music, filled with heaping servings of delicious organ
riffs by Greg Woods, sprinkled with New Orleans jazz style GOOD-tar (not
guitar) by Andre, and seasoned by some super-tight drumming...with a side order
of funky bass and more horny horns...and the desert was the standout blues
guitar riffing of Melvin Sparks!!!!! The fellas took a break around 12:20am and
came back at 12:45am, with a different line-up and a female lead vocalist. The
vocalist sounded great but when she gave the green light to the bassist and
lead guitarist (not Jerry and Andre) to do their solos, their solos were barely
noticeable...it was like they were turned way down in the mix and Melvin was
totally blowing them away on guitar (as they played). When the band did Bill
Withers's "Use Me", the sound sucked...Melvin and the drummer were
kickin' butt, but every other musician was on another page! Another female
vocalist was called to perform "Stormy Monday", a blues song
performed almost to the tune of James Brown's "Kansas City"...very
lively, funky stuff. Larry Chance (of The Earls) joined the band and performed
a slow version of "Stormy Monday" and another song. The line-up of
Andre Lassalle, Jerry Jemmott, Greg Woods, Jessica (on sax) and Benny (on
drums) performed the King Curtis classic "Soul Serenade", a lovely
jazz tune with the wonderful vocals of Mr. Greg "The Professor"
Woods! The show was finally over around 1:45am.
Dr. Brookenstein at the show!!
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