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Darryl Jones - Bring on the Night

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winterburn69

Jan 27, 2008
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The album! the movie!

Discuss!

I personally think it's a fantastic record. He's got some great playing all over and really adds to the few Police songs they played.

A deluxe edition of the album would've been nice to see for the 30th anniversary? maybe the 35th? looking at setlists from that tour, they played a lot of songs not on the album or movie.
 
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Saw the movie in the theatre; bought the movie on VHS tape & then on DVD...bought the concert on LP & then on disc. I'm a fan.

Kirkland's solo on the opener ("When The World Is Running Down... ") kills!
The movie version of "I Burn For You" is better than that on the concert cds. This is the tune where Hakim goes off!

Couple of comments & 1st impressions about the movie-
1) Sting is pompous
2) Miles Copeland is an ass
3) Darryl Jones...was not positive he was into this thing. He seemed like he was already planning his next big career move.
4) Branford is a funny mofo. He stole the show...even with his dance moves.
 
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JimK said:
The turtleneck?
LOL.
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Yeah, big huge white cable-knit thing. Did he wear that for the rehearsals, or just the one-on-one interviews?

Oh wait, I also remember there was a photographer wearing a fez.

And that there were two different songs that were filmed with exactly the same structure: A "look how we build a tune, one part at a time" layer cake.

That's all I remember from the movie. But that turtleneck sweater, yowza...
 
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Opened my eyes to Omar Hakim for sure ! I thought Daryl loping grooves and long slow lines fit beautifully and it taught me to slow down. Slow is not boring if you do it right !

I would love to hang with Branford, too. What a character. I'm sure he would kick my ass and I'd be a better player for it.

I still play those tracks for people for illustration and also use the recording for dialing in the PA.
 
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That was a great band and a fun film. What a rehearsal space, huh? It's kind of weird hearing some of the players talk about their visions of where the band could go when you know (as illustrated by Miles Copeland's discussion of how Sting is the only name the audience cares about) that they don't actually hold any cards.
 
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bass12 said:
It's kind of weird hearing some of the players talk about their visions of where the band could go when you know (as illustrated by Miles Copeland's discussion of how Sting is the only name the audience cares about) that they don't actually hold any cards.
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Which is true.

Miles just didn't need to be such a douche about it.

Would've been really interesting to have gotten a second album/tour from that band.
 
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burk48237 said:
What I remember more than anything was the Kenny Kirtland Piano solo in the Bring on the night Medly, absolutly smoking. That band killed no doubt. And I suspect that a lot more people than Miles Copeland realizes went to see that show for the band.
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The band is why I went to the theatre to watch this...
Downbeat mag did a cover story on the band...I recall some comments about Sting teaching Marsalis how to solo in the Pop idiom.
 
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burk48237 said:
What I remember more than anything was the Kenny Kirtland Piano solo in the Bring on the night Medly, absolutly smoking. That band killed no doubt. And I suspect that a lot more people than Miles Copeland realizes went to see that show for the band.
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I think at that point it was general knowledge that Sting did gig as a jazz bassist. It was the announcement that Branford and the late Kenny Kirkland was part of the project which served to attract many
 

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