If you could assemble the allstar funky-jazz band right now, to serve as
your "backing" group when you produced these tunes for pop artists (like
the ones you mentioned below), who would they be?
I'm going with "second stringers" or former glory players, but I'm picking
Blackbird MacKnight - guitar (Funkadelic, Herbie Hancock)
Bernie Warrell - keyboards (P Funk AllStars)
Zack Danzinger - drums (Great Underground modern jazz drummer)
Doug Wimbish - bass (Living Color)
Duncan MacKay - trumpet (Primal Scream)
There. It's a pop masterpiece.
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Steven Catanzaro wrote:
> Just caught Beyonce Knowles of Destiny's Child's latest video, "Work It Out"
> from Austin Powers.
>
> Big budget all the way, with Beyonce, predictabally, moving into 70's soul
> diva redux territory, ala Nikka Costa, Macy Gray, and the like...
>
> The video looks full retro, what with Beyonce in the gold lame' mini dress,
> and the bass player's big funky natural. Probably cost alot of money....
>
> The only thing is, with all the money spent on the production, THEY FORGOT
> TO GET A FUNKY BAND! Midi all the way.
>
> When Beyonce says "let me hear you blow your horn" and this tooty midi
> baritone sax sound comes out... that's just awful....
>
> Well, just shows the state of the music business... where the actual music
> is an afterthought... that sometimes gets forgotten....
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