Jason Smith's Tipping Point: Elastic Rock

Performed at the Los Angeles Jazz Bakery in August 2007.

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• Matthew
• Von
• Doran
• Brett
• Simons
• Hans
• Zermuehlen
• Ian
• Carr
• Nucleus
• 70's
• fusion
• jazz
• los
• angeles

[Rogerviol]

Great performance! Almost like watching the original Nucleus., Proves that this groundbreaking music really was ahead of its time. Thanks very much for this.

[babyjdrums]

Sadly the UK/Europe jazz scene was very overlooked in it's day. Only thanks to labels like ECM are what brought it to the foreground(and even then it was still obscure). I thought that bands like Nucleus really were doing something a lot different...jazz rock fusion but not having to kill it with billions of notes and speed...although I like that stuff too...contrast is refreshing.

[babyjdrums]

Thanks, I only wish that the gal who had done the editing was finished with the rest of the night...cool stuff was played by all.

[jlsmith197]

That was going so well until the rock guitar solo came in.

[babyjdrums]

That's what makes a horse race, different thing for different folks...what did you expect? A Joe Pass solo??? Nylon String Guitar??? Go listen to the original done by Nucleus...you have some homework to do

[jlsmith197]

Perhaps I was a little harsh.

Sorry.

Chris Spedding played a lovely disjointed solo on the orig and I was expecting something similar, but that is asking a lot. I like the 'Terry Smith' feel the guitar player settles into. I have every Nucleus album. I enjoy my homework.

[Tarabos1]

yes, nice , b ut the original version, especially Chris Spedding´s s u p e r b bluesy jazz solo will not be reached again. Ian Carr´s Nucleus was one of the best ensembles of that genre!

[Hulloder]

Nice!

[GinaNStL]

He happens to be one of the best guitar players around. I love the entire thing

[wjwmorrow]

Great cover. Good work...!