From: Peter Hall (peterwhall_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 2005-03-27 10:54:20
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.
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.
Be sure to pick up both _Legacy_ (Joey DeFrancesco and Jimmy Smith) and _Too
Damn Hot_ (Lonnie Smith). These albums smoke.
P*ter Funk
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