1. Street Pharmacy 0:57 2. Frontline 10:55 3. Tomahawk 26:27 Watch Butcher Brown live at Paste Studio NYC! More performance sessions and interviews here: www.pastemagaz...
I agree with you. I only just discovered the good Butcher today but I have been listening to these talented guys for a few years now - and they are bringing every style of jazz to a younger generation by brilliantly covering VGM. A small sample of a very vast repertoire: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0vic9IMGH1E.html
The comment "there's no good music made today" says a lot more about the people who make it than the state of the music scene. Anyone who says this is obviously not looking very hard beyond the vapid garbage that gets played on commercial radio stations that stick to the top 40 format. The internet and social media may have made it a lot harder for artists (and record companies) to make a living by selling albums, but it's also made it a lot easier for anyone with a serious interest to discover independent artists who would have otherwise gotten passed over by the major record labels and radio stations in an earlier era.
I'm sure the interviewer is a lovely guy. But he seems to know utterly nothing about Jazz and improvisation. The music has structure, and even improvisation is a language made of pitch and rhythmic phrases that are derived from years of learning the components of that 'language'. The interviewer makes it sound like the music is 'made up' with no existing idea. Anyone trying to 'improvise' without years of musical knowledge would quickly discover that they produce repetitive, thoroughly underwhelming 'tunes', inferior to even the simplest nursery rhyme. Again, pleasant interviewer, but a little frustrating in his lack of knowledge of Jazz.
Improv, if done well, looks really easy. But as you said, it sure as hell ain't. I spent hours on my sax trying to come up with phrases and pieces to assemble during performances and it was never easy.
As an improvising musician playing in a collaborative band like BB, in the style of what often gets called 'jazz', I'd say the interviewer actually seems to have a pretty good grasp of what's up.
I think you got it wrong man, interviewer has the knowledge. A lot of old school jazz musicians played in this studio and they have a historical background. I think they wouldn't put a guy that lacks the knowledge if you know what I mean.
Now you tell me! How did I not know about Butcher Brown until today. Better late than never! Hope they play Toronto again soon! Don't tell me I just missed them play Toronto Jazz Fest.
There music is combo of Herbie, Ronny Laws,Tom Browne,Sanborn,Weather Report, Roy Ayers,to name a few. Everybody I listen too in the 70s. This guys are the real deal. Can't wait to see them in Pittsburgh.
The concept of Paste Magazine is pretty cool, however, if sound a video quality can be improve it would be a source for jazz musicians expose themselves .
Happy to have finally found you! I love when you look and laugh at each other after those couple flubs. I also want to wag my finger at you and say, "be more professional!" But you're all too cute af.
