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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 13:16
Originally posted by eddietrooper eddietrooper wrote:

Originally posted by erlenst erlenst wrote:

Nice picture, USAGirl.  

 

Indeed   

Pardon me while I step over the drool on the floor in here! 

I've always been amazed at the drum communication/interplay between Phil Collins and Chester Thompson on various songs from Seconds Out and Three Sides Live.  The standout is the medley of "In the Cage" where they work in perfect synchronicity like one drummer with 4 arms and 4 legs.
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Any Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule jam is pretty good communication too.  There is a moment where Bernie Worrell goes into Frere Jacques and the rest of the band follow on, but with great subtlety and manage to keep the main tune going as well.

When VdGG were on fire, they were on fire..., especially Jaxon's sax, I've heard some excellent live stuff and there's more improvisation involved than you'd normally thing from them.

This is why I really love their early tracks from Aerosol Grey Machine, it gave the band a chance to explore things musically and to freak out a bit!

The best example of this is, of course, is "Squid 1/Squid 2/Octopus".  There is also the great Octopus/Theme One/Octopus medley live version I have heard, that has to have great communication too.  This same concert has a version of Aquarian on as well and this has also changed, compared to the original.

You'll find most later tracks, keep to the original version, it's only these earlier tracks where they seem to improvise more.
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:32

Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple are great. Listen to How the West was Won and Made in Japan to see what I'm talking about.

And then there's King Crimson. Sometimes I wonder if those guys are telepathic when I listen to there live improvs. Absolsutley amazing.

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Points: 401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:36
Most call and response arrangements are like that. In terms of improv, yeah it's impressive, but it's also more a communication you have with another person in your band or the band itself that makes it so spectacular. In my band we have a formal communication that is not unlike ESP, I kid you not. You'll find as you get better and better and tighter and tighter with your bandmates you begin to feel them, I mean not that way but get inside their heads.

But mostly from what I've seen, it's derived from call and response Jazz.


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