Guitar prodigy, Julian Lage, came into the KPLU studios on June 15 with his drummer, Tupac Mantilla, and bassist, Jorge Roeder, and treated us to his intriguing reworking of the Neil Hefti classic, "Li'l Darlin."
Reminds me of Mimi Fox, in that he always seems more interested in deconstructing every tune he performs than showing off the standard in play at the moment. At least here, he occasionally hints at the melody (one of my favorites). On many other performances like Fox, I am left to wonder why he even calls it by the name of a standard. He has great chops and tone, I just wish he would play it straight a bit more.
I can't believe someone as awesome as Tupac Mantilla would use one of those shitty excuses for a "djembe" that Remo spits out for God knows whatever terrible reason. Eugh.
@yoshy321 This is Julian's INSANELY modest performance compared to his others... You should check him out a little bit more before you talk crap about his creativity and the "fascination" you find in his playing. Here's an example video of one of Julian's better performances (but not even the best out of many more he has up): google "julian lage ode to elvin"
Ehhh, this bores me.
skibum1981 1 month ago
did the drummer and the bassist just sort of......do it?
guitarunner 1 month ago
=damm and julian tooo
jazzismcadence 1 month ago
tupac is very creative
jazzismcadence 1 month ago
Reminds me of Mimi Fox, in that he always seems more interested in deconstructing every tune he performs than showing off the standard in play at the moment. At least here, he occasionally hints at the melody (one of my favorites). On many other performances like Fox, I am left to wonder why he even calls it by the name of a standard. He has great chops and tone, I just wish he would play it straight a bit more.
fomomoto3 2 months ago
more cowbell...
RcUniverseGuy 3 months ago
Tupac on the drums!
karlremus83 4 months ago 2
I can't stop listening to their playing, it's so great!
William102582 4 months ago in playlist Julian Lage 2
I can't believe someone as awesome as Tupac Mantilla would use one of those shitty excuses for a "djembe" that Remo spits out for God knows whatever terrible reason. Eugh.
Isntthisalreadytaken 4 months ago
@yoshy321 This is Julian's INSANELY modest performance compared to his others... You should check him out a little bit more before you talk crap about his creativity and the "fascination" you find in his playing. Here's an example video of one of Julian's better performances (but not even the best out of many more he has up): google "julian lage ode to elvin"
Marcos2347 4 months ago