Papa Grows Funk at 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

[stehadwin93]

i disliked this just so i could be the first, i love it really. haha

[MegaDaveMatthewsFan]

@stehadwin93 you're retarded. Why would dislike a video you love and give it bad ratings

[stehadwin93]

@MegaDaveMatthewsFan i think it was because there was no dislikes.. thought id be awkward and be the only one.. thats literally the only reason i can think of..

[Acuevas3]

hahaha whats with the cowbell guy hes always up there lookin confused

[brumaza]

one of my best memories of NOLA is Papa Grows Funk live at The Maple Leaf ... funk telepathy. June was rocking the guitar, the leslie spinning, and the drums shuffling ...

[rudeboy4422]

Bending the fundamentals of music, bouncing funky bops to the euphoric soulful bliss that jazz bleeds.. don't hate, dance.

[BerkLeeDrm]

aint one thing wrong wid dis up in here.......(40 yrs on stage)

[nicbass123]

I wish i could play bass like that... then again im only 13, so mabey someday...

[gnr2391]

@nicbass123

just practice hard constantly...seek out jam sessions in the nearest city and network with musicians WHO ARE BETTER than you so you can learn, and of course always learn new stuff and play with records. Learn some theory too.

[TrovaoLuanda]

oh my lord! the introduction part allmost made me cry! you guys got some serious SOUL in that! also the soundquality is fantastic... absolutely loving it!!!!

[Drdajackson]

I didn't see the "off key" comment but whoever said it has no ear or understandingfor jazz. These guys are the shizznit. The sax player is serious funky. By the way, whoever made that comment should listen to some John Coltrane, esp. "My Favorite Things." It's off key but it's not; flat but it's not.

[fynokkyetto]

whats the name of the saxophonist???

[TCFreaks]

@fynokkyetto Jason Mingledorf (sp?). Easily looked up.

[TheBluesfuzzy]

cool guitar

[DerekBallesty]

These guys are my new favourite funk group. The guitarists style reminds me of Frank Gambale.

[a1Drummer07]

i dont know what all the fuss is about, but ididn't hear anything out of key..i might have missed come small mistake but I mean not out of key at all

[astroblyte]

Stellar. Haters please go watch something else that you like.

[SteveSparx]

opened for the Rads in NYC the other night~great

[masonparks]

To anyone that can come on here and even speak in a negative way towards a band that bleeds funk the way they do has got to be so far from reality it's pathetic.

Papa Grows Funk does it one way. The right way!

ALSO KNOWN AS THE FUNKY WAY!

[zoub95]

j'adore!!!

le rêve de ma vie!!!

faire un vrai funk!!

Zou

[ernie750]

Saw these cats in NOLA, couldn't handle being there for more than one beer... Another one and I might have had to hang myself when I get home. Yeah, they're that good. :D

[theshakedownstreet]

I think he could have used a different key also!!! Sounded a bit flat! He is a player, but he picked the wrong key for that one!

[Kelrizzo]

Well it's not off key, but it's all cool. Jazz is all about appreciation and telling someone they are stupid takes away from that. PGF forever!

[devinzeb]

yamagishi knows his way around 6 strings!

[tonewheeler76]

guitar man is alright in key. freedom of speech a.k.a. jazz atonalities. bless !

[Alimacca]

my man on the guitar needs to learn to play in key. sounded awful........

[duhsmith]

sounded pretty good to me

[bbrupbacher]

spoken from someone who obviously doesn't understand keys or jazz/funk or good music or unique style and raw talent

[Alimacca]

@bbrupbacher fuck off you pretentious twat, i appreciate jazz and funk, but that did not sound good to me, sounded out of key. WANKER.

[Alimacca]

@bbrupbacher also i'm talking about the solo, i liked the funky chords he was playing in the background for the most part, just the latter part of the solo did not sound good to me. WANKER

[bbrupbacher]

hahaha, oh my bad. Let me take out all of the "pretentious" parts for you and just leave the facts. Despite whether you like it or not, his solo IS in key. Look up the chromatic scale and atonal jazz style soloing. And by the way, suggesting that the guitar player needs to "learn" to play in key implies that you know something that he doesn't. When in reality, he understands music far more than you (or I) do. In my opinion that makes you the wanker.

[Alimacca]

@bbrupbacher I'm not implying at all that i know something that he doesn't , but you can talk about chromatic scales and modes until the cow's come in, but if it doesn't sound good then your doing something wrong. i think YOU have obviously spent too much time with your head in a book and have missed the point that the most important thing is how it sounds and NOTHING else and it sounded terrible to me.

[SwerdyJazz]

Nope....Your a wanker.

[SaxMaster922]

@Alimacca I'm not too sure if you're aware...but most of the greatest musicians played "out of key" as you call it (even though it was obviously in key) Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and lots of guys from the bebop era did so much crazy stuff that may not sound "good" as you call it, similar to the way this guy used his chromatic scale at the end of his solo, but is good to others who have a true appreciation for music

[bizarrefruit]

@Alimacca Regardless of all the arguments you want to make, the point is to OTHER people it does sound good, to me it sounded great and the key is 100% fine, the bits you didn't like are known as dissonance and there are WHOLE OVERTURES written TO BE dissonant with loads of accidentals.

You are perfectly entitled to your opinion, however, a statement is not an opinion, you said he needs to learn to play in key, HE IS IN KEY.

If you don't like it fine, however, your STATEMENT was wrong.

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[buefyYT]

@Alimacca no, you said he was out of key, he wasn't. you're stupid, fuck off.

[Alimacca]

@buefyYT oh no, how will I ever overcome that put down from your obvious wit? SUCK MY BALLS HARD YOU FAT FUCKING CUNT!!!!

[buefyYT]

@Alimacca you mad? I hope you don't have a goal to be a musician, cuz you surely don''t have a good start being so close minded.

[PaulBourgeois]

@bbrupbacher - I believe it was Thelonius Monk who said "Keys? We don't need no stinkin' keys!"

[baronvonsatan]

@Alimacca He's a world-class musician up there on stage with other world-class musicians. You? Ain't. 'Nuff said.

[Fendrbass]

Donald plays an AMAZING Cowbell! MORE COWBELL!

[fafa1749]

AMAZING FUNK! I love it

[LoveAmericaStyle]

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I like your stuff and Richard and Al

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I would love to see your stuff there.

[janejays]

GREATTTTT!!!!

I love That place!!!