Re: LOS ANGELES ACID JAZZ, Dec 27 1996 - Jan 2 1997
Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
01 Jan 97 13:56:52 -0800
ac> It's Drew from Davis.
ac> I'm glad I got to see a cool band (West Coast Harem@jazzid up!
ac> sun. 12/27) on my first visit to L.A.
ac> Also, I thought the Harem was pretty hot, but I was surprised that
ac> there weren't a lot off people bouncing around and dancing to that
ac> type of music. Being an out-of-towner I am curious as to whether that
ac> is the typical crowd for this band or was it just the Sunday night
ac> crowd or just at this particular place? Bands like that I think they
ac> sometimes groove a lot better when there is an audience jumping up and
ac> down in front of them. So to anybody in the L.A. area I say go dance to
ac> the West Coast Harem next chance you get. They are worth the energy.
i wonder also why people will come to see a/j bands in l.a. and *not* dance.
i remember galactic's keyboardist mentioning how the crowd @ the ash grove
in
santa monica, ca were appreciative, but they would have preferred if dancing
had broken out. i know in my band (pmjq) that we play better when people
are
into it and show us by dancing!
i'm looking for comments on this one...
t-bird