The Claudia Quintet Live on the MS Stubnitz be happy part 1.mov

[jazzyoz]

i can't stop watching these videos. buying the album(s)

[jazzyoz]

omg speed is sick as fuck.

[earrelevantmusic]

WOW!

[DiabolicBadger]

Holy crap, this is awesome

[EastmanLP]

i just talked to aaron staebell about it, and i kinda get it now.

[johnehollenbeck]

cool...I'm sure you could think of it in any meter, as long as it adds up to the right number of 8th notes (64 I think). Also over time, I probably am not playing it totally accurately but looser, so that could make it harder hear....I think I came up with it by playing in 12 and then just seeing what would happen if I drop a beat at the end, then later saw if I could do long pattern that could be heard as 8 bars of 4/4.

John

[EastmanLP]

Question for John:

I tried to learn the pattern at the beginning just by ear without thinking about the 11/8 9/8, and i'm feeling it like two bars of 11/4 (10/4 + 1)and then one of 10/4, is this drastically different from the 11/8 9/8 combination? cause i can't really figure out how 12/8 minus one eighth note fits in...

also, how did you come up with it?

thanks,

Eastman

[munkeey1123]

this is awesome =) i went to the clinic you guys had at reed college, the rhythm section nearly made me fall out of my seat. keep up the great work !

[mbeshara1]

I enjoy the "random" close ups of Drew Gress' fingers (considering that I am a bassist), and all of this footage for that matter. The rhythmic integrity of this group is incredible. Bravo.

[johnehollenbeck]

Hi Matt,

I play a pattern that adds up to 8 bars of 4/4....it is basically a lot like a 12/8 pattern with 1 8th note cut off (so 11/8) for 5 bars and then a bar of 9/8...hope that helps! thanks for listening john

[MattLeGroulx]

Thanks, it makes way more sense to me when i feel it like a 12/8 thing.

[MattLeGroulx]

what in the heck is that rhythm your playing on the cowbell at the beginning of this? i'm wracking my brain trying to figure it out.

[crustandcrumb]

This stuff is so incredibly far out of sight as to require a bloody telescope to see the shit.

Cheers, John.

[jazzlover9534]

I disagree with you "jkrendel"... While I can sort of see your point, I personally have been fascinated with watching how rythm section players react musically to soloists, so In a sense I prefer the way this was edited, but maybe that's just me.. But John, thank you so much for adding these videos, I have seen Claudia 4 times in NYC and I have blown away every time! If you have any more footage , please post it!

[johnehollenbeck]

Hi JK,

There is no editing...the Stubnitz has 2 or 3 camera people and a live mixer. After the gig, they hand you a DVD...the originals of each camera don't even exist anymore. So, considering that I think it is pretty cool. But I totally understand your feelings, I myself, like the more straight forward views, but there are not that many. Do you know the Jarrett trio videos which show keith's face or feet during Jack's solo. I think this is only something that musicians understand get. John

[jkrendel]

um the editing on this kind of sucks. like, come on, can we please have only shots of chris while he's soloing, not a random close-up of drew gress' fingers? blah.