| FZ:
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| Hello
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| Before we start, I’d like to introduce the members of the group to you and have
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| them play a little bit, so that we know everything works. |
| And Kerry,
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| can you please put some vocal in this monitor box here? |
| There isn’t any
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| Over there, with a pink jerkin and the little sticks in her hand,
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| is Ruth Underwood, who plays vibes
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| Marimba
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| Bongos!
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| Those bongos are not coming out. |
| Play 'em again
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| Somebody find out why the bongos are not coming out. |
| Well, meanwhile,
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| the timpani
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| Doesn’t sound like the timpani are coming out either
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| Ruth:
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| I think the bongos are on
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| FZ:
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| Try the bongos then
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| Bongos audible. |
| Try the timpani again
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| Timpani audible
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| Bass drum
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| Gong
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| Pathetic. |
| And now, ladies and gentlemen, Ralph Humphrey on drumset
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| And cowbells
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| More cowbells please
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| Yes, yes, yes. |
| And George Duke on keyboard instruments
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| Including synthesizer
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| Hammond organ
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| Is that coming out out there? |
| It doesn’t sound like it
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| Hit the organ again
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| That’s better. |
| Okay. |
| Clavinet
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| Wonderful. |
| Grand piano
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| Suave! |
| And on electric bass, Tom Fowler
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| And on violin, Jean-Luc Ponty
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| Trombone, Bruce Fowler
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| Bass clarinet, Ian Underwood
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| Also on synthesizer, Ian Underwood
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| Well, I think we’ve checked everything. |
| Is this coming out? |
| Must be
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| The name— The name of the first song we’re going to play is «The Eric Dolphy
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| Memorial Barbecue.» |
| And then it goes into another song called «Kung Fu.
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| «And then it goes into another song called «Penguin In Bondage.
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| «And then it goes into another song called «Exercise #4.» |
| And then it goes
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| into another song called «Dog Breath.» |
| And then it goes into another song
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| called «The Dog Breath Variations.» |
| And then it goes into another song called «Uncle Meat.» |
| And then it goes into another song called «RDNZL.» |
| And then it
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| stops
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| (Take it slow? Yeah, take it, take it slow, so we get a accurate performance of
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| «Kung Fu.» |
| Okay? |
| With a real groove to it, you know. |
| One, two, three; |
| two, two,
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| three. |
| . |
| .) |