LETTUCE - JAM CRUICE, US. - 01/04/2014

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LETTUCE - RAGE!

LETTUCE
''RAGE!''
2008
51:55

1 /Blast Off/3:43
2 /Sam Huff's Flying Raging Machine/3:24
3 /Move on Up/feat: Dwele/3:34
4 /King of the Burgs/3:21
5 /Need to Understand/3:45
6 /The Last Suppit/5:02
7 /Dizzer/1:47
8 /Makin' My Way Back Home/feat: Nigel Hall/4:41
9 /Salute/4:29
10 /Speak E.Z./4:32
11 /Express Yourself/3:32
12 /Relax/3:51
13 /By Any Shmeeans Necessasry/3:11
14 /Mr. Yancey/3:03

Maurice Brown /Trumpet
Adam Deitch /Drums, Group Member, Percussion, Performer
Bobby Deitch /Percussion
Denise Deitch /Percussion
Dwele /Featured Artist
Neal Evans /Group Member, Keyboards, Performer
Nigel Hall /Featured Artist, Vocals
Sam Kininger /Group Member, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Josh Roseman /Trombone
Rashawn Ross /Group Member, Trumpet
Ryan Zoidis /Group Member, Sax (Alto)

REVIEW
by Hal Horowitz
The second studio set from this sideman supergroup of sorts follows its debut by six years but maintains a similar approach. While the first album recorded by the eight-piece ensemble (that gets together only sporadically between other full time gigs) was funk-influenced, this is pure '70s styled retro funk. Think Earth, Wind & Fire, P-Funk, the Crusaders, Tower of Power, James Brown, Rufus with Chaka Khan, you get the idea. To further cement the old school feel, the band recorded with mics and tube compressors from the era. The result is nearly an hour of non-stop, predominantly instrumental, rump shaking jazz-funk fusion that, while obviously indebted to its predecessors, shimmers with a natural energetic groove of its own. These guys play off each other with enthusiasm and are clearly having a ball. All but two tunes are Lettuce compositions with drummer Adam Deitch (50 Cent, Talib Kweli, John Scofield) writing or co-writing eight selections. The three piece horn section gets all AWB on "Salute" and the band finds its Meters "Cissy Strut"-ing heart in "Speak E.Z." The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's "Express Yourself" and Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up" make for two representative and slightly left-of-center covers that fit perfectly with the album's electric boogie vibe, but the rest of the self-penned tracks are nearly as good. The group borrows liberally from its forerunners but does so with such integrity and respect it's impossible to criticize Lettuce for ripping off the licks, lines and riffs of the '70s greats in their record collections. Rather, this is party music made to liven up any shindig and might also encourage some youngsters to search out the sources behind Lettuce's funky blasts. That seems to be at least part of the band's intent. The rest is just to have fun paying tribute to music that inspires them and hope the listener's feelings are mutual.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Celebrating their 20th anniversary as modern day rulers of old school funk, the seven-piece Brooklyn-based juggernaut Lettuce drops their third studio album Fly—a decidedly raging slab of relentless groove, hyper-charged syncopation and psychedelicized soul anthems. Having blown up stages from coast to coast last year, ranging from The Fillmore in SF to Terminal 5 in NYC, Bear Creek Music Festival to Camp Bisco and all points in-between, Lettuce entered Brooklyn recording studio The Bunker this winter with a fresh batch of road-tested material and a revitalized sound honed razor sharp by a year spent on the road.

“We’re more together and set to crush than ever before,” says drummer and chief songwriter Adam Deitch of the all-star group that he and his accomplished band-mates cut their teeth with back in their Berklee School of Music days. That much history, along with the A-list crop of projects that each member has taken on away from Lettuce, gives the group a bottomless well of musical ideas and unrivaled chemistry—in fact, referring to themselves as a band of brothers. “I was in a practice room at 16 with Kraz, Zoidis, Shmeeans and Deitch and it all clicked,” says “lead” bassist Erick “Jesus” Coomes. “We all felt rhythms in similar ways. We were all about the pocket from day one.”

On Fly, the pocket is deeper than ever. “People tend to look at funk as a one-trick pony, “ says Deitch, but the record smashes those limits by drawing on a range of styles that can be traced from the early ’60s through the early ’80s, incorporating plenty of modern hip-hop sensibilities—heavy bass, kick and snare—along the way.

The album’s one cover song, an all-instrumental version of War’s “Slippin’ into Darkness,” is a reminder of the genre’s vintage origins but from there on up, the track progression emphasizes the band’s ability to steer funk in a new direction. “I sketched out a bunch of ideas for songs that I felt would fit each musician perfectly,” says Deitch, leaving plenty of space for each to add their own style to the mix. As a rhythm section, Coomes and Deitch set the pace with a deep and wide pocket. Guitarists Eric Krasno and Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff weave electrified six-string rhythms that summon the magic of The JBs’ Catfish Collins/Hearlon “Cheese” Martin dual guitar frontline, while Keyboardist Neal “The Hawk” Evans doubles up the low end as he simultaneously floats and stings with jabs of Hammond B3 organ. Riding along in lockstep is saxophonist Ryan “Zwad” Zoidis and trumpeter Rashawn Ross punctuating the Lettuce funk with blasts of big, bold and infectious horn lines, while guest appearances by Brian “BT” Thomas and Cochemea “Cheme” Gastelum further solidify what is already one of the fiercest horn sections of this era. “We try to keep the horn lines simple and melodic, leaving plenty of space for our insanely funky rhythm section to shine,” says Zoidis. “We are always thinking about making people dance.” Soul vocalist Nigel Hall comes in on the Krasno-penned track, “Do It Like You Do” and Charles “Dawg” Haynes provides added percussion on “Let It GOGO.”

Look no further than Fly’s title track, though, for what sets these guys apart. The laid-back vamp, recorded all-analog to two-inch tape, gets full Jamaican studio treatment, dubbed out with vintage reverb and delay. That sort of thing is “only something that Funkadelic might have touched on back in the day,” says Smirnoff. Meanwhile, tracks like “Madison Square” and “Ziggowatt” (Deitch’s ode to legendary Meters’ drummer Zigaboo Modeliste) sound like futuristic cuts from the Stax back catalog. “It’s somewhere between old school and new school,” Zoidis says of the sounds the band was able to achieve with engineer John Davis. Evans’ “Bowler” may be the best evidence of where this supercharged group is headed, with a tasty, stick-in-your-ear melody that continues through the track and begs to be ripped open onstage. “All these experiences as individuals have helped us grow in our own direction, be influenced by more things and have more things to bring to the table as a group,” Smirnoff says. “When you have that many variables, it’s a brand new project every time.”

Having evolved and refocused since 2008’s Rage! without ever dropping the beat, Lettuce is getting ready to take audiences to the cosmos with Fly in the trunk and a high-octane tour on the horizon. “Lettuce is like a Learjet that wasn’t getting clearance from the tower,” says Jesus. “But we’re done just rolling around on the runway.” They’re not asking for permission, so put your tray tables in their full, upright and locked position. This plane’s itching for lift off.
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SOULIVE & LETTUCE - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl - Bowlive III - Night 7 - 03/07/2012

Soulive & Lettuce
March 7, 2012
Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl - Bowlive III - Night 7
SBD > iclips.net pay per view video stream (unknown kbps) > Cool Edit Pro > WAV > CD Wave Editor > MP3

00. Zach Deputy

Soulive:
01. Introduction
02. Rudy's Way
03. Cash's Dream (w/ Kofi Burbridge)
04. Upright (w/ Skerik, Eric Bloom, Ryan Zoidis & James Casey)
05. Vapor (w/ Rashawn Ross, Skerik, Eric Bloom, Ryan Zoidis & James Casey)
06. Flurries (w/ Rashawn Ross, Skerik, Eric Bloom, Ryan Zoidis & James Casey)
07. Thrill Is Gone (w/ Zach Deputy, Rashawn Ross, Skerik, Eric Bloom, Ryan Zoidis & James Casey)
08. Aladdin ? > ?El Ron? (w/ Rashawn Ross, Skerik, Eric Bloom, Ryan Zoidis & James Casey)

Lettuce:
01. Introduction
02. King Of The Burgs
03. Double Header (new song)
04. "?Bump Tubby?" (new song) (w/ Kofi Burbridge)
05. By Any Schmeeans Necessary
06. "?Fast Kraz?" (new song)
07. The Ghost of Jupiter (new song, first time played)
08. Do Your Thing [Isaac Hayes cover] (w/ Alicia Shakour)
09. "New GoGo" > (w/ Luke Quaranata )
10. Makin' My Way Back Home (w/ Nigel Hall & Luke Quaranata)
11. Move On Up [Curtis Mayfield cover] (w/ Nigel Hall)
Encore:
12. Slipping Into Darkness [War cover]

Soulive:
Eric Krasno: guitar
Alan Evans: drums
Neal Evans: keys

Soulive Guests:
Kofi Burbridge: flute
Skerik: sax
Eric Bloom: trumpet
Ryan Zoidis: sax
James Casey: sax
Rashawn Ross: trumpet
Zach Deputy: vocals, guitar

Lettuce:
Eric Krasno: guitar
Neal Evans: keys
Adam Deitch: drums
Adam Smirnoff: guitar
ED Coomes: bass
Ryan Zoidis: sax
James Casey: sax
Eric Bloom: trumpet
Rashawn Ross: trumpet

Lettuce Guests:
Kofi Burbridge: flute (most or all of the set)
Alicia Shakour: vocals
Luke Quaranata (Toubab Krewe): percussion
Nigel Hall: vocals

Notes: There is a short drop out on Soulive track 2.  http://fp.io/6ed27c15/

SOULIVE & LETTUCE - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl - Bowlive III - Night 6 - 03/06/2012

Soulive & Lettuce
March 6, 2012
Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl - Bowlive III - Night 6
SBD > iclips.net pay per view video stream (unknown kbps) > Cool Edit Pro > WAV > CD Wave Editor > MP3

00. Zach Deputy (last 37 minutes, beginning missing)

Soulive:
01. One In Seven
02. So Live (w/ Oteil Burbridge & Skerik)
03. Get Back [The Beatles] (w/ Oteil Burbridge, Skerik, Eric Bloom, James Casey, & Ryan Zoidis)
04. Hat Trick (w/ Skerik, Eric Bloom, James Casey, & Ryan Zoidis)
05. PJs (w/ Skerik, Eric Bloom, James Casey, & Ryan Zoidis)
06. For Granted (w/ Skerik, Eric Bloom, James Casey, & Ryan Zoidis)
07. Unaware (w/ Allen Stone)
08. Mary (w/ Allen Stone)
09. Love & Happiness [Al Green] (w/ Allen Stone, Rashawn Ross, Skerik, Eric Bloom, James Casey, & Ryan Zoidis)

Lettuce:
01. We Like To Party > (w/ Nigel Hall)
02. new song >
03. new song
04. Mr. Yancey
05. Bowler (new song)
06. Last Suppit > drums/percussion > (w/ Luke Quaranata)
07. new song
08. Let Us Play (new song)
09. "I Need You" > (w/ Nigel Hall)
10. Need To Understand (w/ Nigel Hall & Skerik)
11. Madison Square (new song)
Encore:
12. ?Squad Live? (cut after 48 seconds, stream apparently cut out) (w/ Luke Quaranata)

Soulive:
Eric Krasno: guitar
Alan Evans: drums
Neal Evans: keys

Soulive Guests:
Oteil Burbridge: bass
Skerik: sax
Eric Bloom: trumpet
James Casey: sax
Ryan Zoidis: baritone sax
Allen Stone: vocals
Rashawn Ross: trumpet

Lettuce:
Eric Krasno: guitar
Neal Evans: keys
Adam Deitch: drums
Adam Smirnoff: guitar
ED Coomes: bass
Ryan Zoidis: baritone sax
James Casey: sax
Eric Bloom: trumpet
Rashawn Ross: trumpet

Lettuce Guests:
Nigel Hall: vocals
Skerik: sax
Luke Quaranata (Toubab Krewe): percussion

Notes: The last song of the night, Lettuce's encore, was missing because the stream dropped out. I have included the on-stage audience recording of that song (schoeps by Eric McRoberts).

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LETTUCE - Pool Deck, Jam Cruise 9, US - 01/05/2011

Pool Deck, Jam Cruise 9, US

 
DISC ONE
SET ONE
By Any Schmeeans Necessary
(8:38)
Sam Huff's Flying Raging Machine
(9:34)
Mr. Yancey
(4:49)
Suppit Interlude
(4:08)
The Last Suppit
(8:47)
Need To Understand > Makin' My Way Back Home
(15:41)
Nyack > Interlude > King Of The Burgs
(24:40)
DISC TWO
The Flu
(12:24)
Just Kissed My Baby
(12:33)
Move On Up
(8:39)

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LETTUCE - FLY

Artist: Lettuce

Album: Fly
Released: 2012
Style: Jazz
Format: MP3 320Kbps
Size: 154 Mb


Tracklist:
01 – Fly
02 – Lettsanity
03 – Ziggowatt
04 – Madison Square
05 – Bowler
06 – Jack Flask
07 – Do It Like You Do
08 – Play
09 – Let It Gogo
10 – Slippin’ Into Darkness
11 – The Crusher
12 – Ghost Of Jupiter
13 – Monorail 3000

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LETTUCE - LIVE IN TOKYO

IF YOU DON'T LIKE LETTUCE YOU WILL AFTER YOU LISTEN TO THIS!

Lettuce
Live In Tokyo (2005)


1. Intro
2. Nyack
3. Break Out
4. The Dump
5. Kron Dutch
6. Reunion
7. Flu The Coop
8. 4 On 6
9. Squadlive
10. Break Out (Reprise)

Lettuce is :

Eric Krasno - Guitars (playing humbucking hollowbodies)
Adam Smirnoff - Guitars (Stratocasters)
Erick Coomes - Bass
Neal Evans - Keyboards
Adam Deitch - Drums
Ryan Zoidis - Tenor Sax
Sam Kininger - Alto Sax
Rashawn Ross - Trumpet
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