Jon Lucien – Listen Love LIVE

Oh my days! Never had I seen this before. Jon Lucien performing “Listen Love” LIVE in Washington, DC.
His albums Rashida and Mind’s Eye never seemed to come off the record player, well George Duke might of squeezed in a few times along side Terry Callier but good ole Jon really ruled the roost.
This just brings tears of pure joy to my face. A big tune I used to play to my other half Louise when we first meet back at the tender age of 22.
Jon Lucien scatting and grooving and that little boogie of his on the stage walk off. Plus Mayra Casales orgasm face playing the congos whilst they are looking at each other is priceless. Such passion.
The performance is from 1998 but I can’t believe how incredible tight to the original sound of the 1974 recording. Incredible, just pure incredible, so happy to have seen this.

Dreams – New York – Columbia Records

Can only imagine that this funk driven horn blasting tune sums up New York as I’ve never been but I’m so sure it does every time I hear it. The group is not too dissimilar from Blood Sweat and Tears but they did excel in being more funky and this tune is a hard one to beat in the funky groove stakes. Strutting, twisting and firing on all cylinders. You’ve got Billy Cobham freaking out on drums and the Brecker Brothers Randy and Michael blowing their horns.

Band line up goes like this
Lead Vocals – Edward Vernon
Bass, Vocals – Doug Lubahn
Drums, Percussion – Billy Cobham
Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals – Jeff Kent
Lead Guitar – John Abercrombie
Trombone, Tuba – Barry Rogers
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Michael Brecker
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker

Fantastic artwork on the cover by David Wilcox.

Oh and some lovely person has only gone and made a video for it.

Try not to flick the beginning. Let the drum intro roll over you and then BOOOOOOM – Turn it up.