Kimo Williams' "War Stories"

[royerin]

Anyone have this? Vinnie plays on 2 tracks, Kenwood Dennard is on the rest. There are some clips and info here. "Tracking" is one of my all-time favourite Vinnie performances, plus the music is outstanding.

[peter c]

I have it.

Of course, Kenwood's always great!

Kimo's back in Chicao, this May. I'll
be there for the third time in a row.
Talk about a wall of sound! 17 pieces
on stage - almost all horns!!

He ALWAYS has great drummers with him.
I have seen Vinnie with him (great!) and
his regular drummer is the fantastic Tom Hipskind! He's also marvelous!

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 15, 2004 11:58 AM: Message edited by: peter c ]</font>

[FuseU1]

Kimo does indeed always have great musicians [esp. drummers]...Of course, Vinnie; & Tom is indeed also "Hip"[-skinned]...

Know what's funny, Peter? I've always known Kenwood to be a great player. & he recorded & toured extensively w Jaco, 4 "Pete's sake" [img]wink.gif[/img] ...
Yet some here have said that a recent perf of his [on Drummers' Collective, perhaps - can't rem] wasn't that good. I haven't seen it. But i do know that he is completely deaf in 1 ear & almost in the other, & has been since he was either born or a small child...maybe this has something to do with the perceptions of his perf...was he singing on them [like he did way back w his "1 man meta-rhythmic orchestra" thing]?
I have a mid-80's Daryl Dobson [gtrst] release that he kills on...
& we all know what a great job he did on Sting's original studio version of Jimi's "Little Wing"....

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[peter c]

From what I understand, he is nearly
deaf, now. I have not heard him lately.

Pat Martino's Joyous Lake is one of my
all-time favorites.

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[FuseU1]

Dohh!
I completely 4got about that 1, PC.
I have it on single disc - a double release called "First Light;" it's "Joyous Lake," along w "Starbright." [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

[royerin]

I've always loved Kenwood too.....until I saw the Collective DVD thing. I just didn't get it.

Regarding the deafness thing, two words....Evelyn Glennie!

[Randy walker]

You want to talk deafness? 1 person, David Pack (ambrosia) sings like a bird and you would never know he is of hearing loss BIG time.