molan Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 (edited) Friday, October 10 at 8:00 PM Victor Bailey Group (New York) featuring Casey Benjamin (sax) / Peter Horvath (keys) / Poogie Bell (drums) at Charlie Wrights, 45 Pitfield Street London, N1 6DA VICTOR BAILEY GROUP New Release World Tour-Only UK dates-10th and 11th of October,2008 at Charlie Wrights International Victor has been hailed as one of the worlds greatest bass guitarists. He gained international recognition by being a member of the innovative jazz fusion super group "Weather Report" and has made three of the most highly acclaimed solo records ever by any bassist. As a studio musician he has played on over one thousand records.He has toured and recorded with artists as diverse as Joe Zawinul,Mary J. Blige and Madonna. The band will feature: Casey Benjamin on sax (Mos Def, Heavy, Stefon Harris, DJ Logic), Peter Horvath on keys (Joe Henderson, Lenny White), Poogie Bell on drums (Erykah Badu, Marcus Miller, Randy Crawford) www.victorbailey.com £12.50 I'm not sure he's exactly my cup of tea but I'm sure some of you must be interested [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFKoo5-4Uk&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFKoo5-4Uk...feature=related[/url] Edited September 3, 2008 by molan Quote
Kiwi Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 he's an awesome bassist, his lines are very lyrical. Thats a bargain price for the bloke who took over from Jaco in weather report. Quote
Jase Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 That's cheap! He's a great player, have you heard him improvise Giant Steps as an off the cuff thing shouted out by an audience member? It's on youtube....bloody great!!! Quote
molan Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 [quote name='Jase' post='276632' date='Sep 4 2008, 12:07 AM']That's cheap! He's a great player, have you heard him improvise Giant Steps as an off the cuff thing shouted out by an audience member? It's on youtube....bloody great!!![/quote] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zINVcDKfHk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zINVcDKfHk[/url] Quote
coasterbass Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Well, there's a dilemma for you... you can either go and see Victor Bailey, or my band playing their only London gig of the year at Islington Academy. Choices, choices, choices. Quote
woodster Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Bloody typical!!! 10th October I fly to NYC and Vic flies to the UK!!! Well planned Woodster!!! Edited September 4, 2008 by woodster Quote
molan Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 [quote name='coasterbass' post='276724' date='Sep 4 2008, 09:16 AM']Well, there's a dilemma for you... you can either go and see Victor Bailey, or my band playing their only London gig of the year at Islington Academy. Choices, choices, choices. [/quote] Only 1.3 miles apart as well - if you're on first you could leave the roadies to pack up & hightail it over to see Victor B Quote
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