Ben Freidkin - River Man (Nick Drake)

[@stevepdec61]

Love this version, I'm listening to it on a cold English melancholic autumn night to welcome the falling leaves and to remember the spirit of Nick.

[@TheMonolake]

The singer is magnificent.

[@TheMonolake]

Fine Fine interpretation takes me there such a song goes anywhere

[@TheMonolake]

Im in love w the bass player

[@Pokefa28]

really enjoyed this interpretation and everyone's enthusiasm while performing

[@21fretman]

I think you meant egos

[@TheMonolake]

Jammin on Riverman Can go alot of places...all rewarding

[@arsenelupin6784]

Longtemps ,longtemps,après que les poètes ont disparu,leurs chansons courent encore dans les rues.............

[@denismugerin]

Arbre fruitier, personne ne te connaît, à part la pluie et l'air.

[@violawein4517]

בראבו לבן פרידקין! נותן כבוד לכל כלי, תומך בו על באמת ויחד עם זה נותן לנו להבין כמה הוא שווה. ושווה הרבה!

[@dillonflynn4554]

I appreciated the bass and drummers restraint so I wish the pianist and guitarist followed.

[@fezzypepper8525]

Very nice jazz interpretation. Honestly, it's a song that's almost untouchable and sacred, but you managed to pull something new, though still familiar, out of it. Bravo ❤

[@curiousnomad]

Nice ride cymbal, touch, and feel!

[@philmckenna5709]

It just needs Paul Whitehouse "blowin'" a clarinet solo... Niiiicce!

[@garywhite43]

Stellar performances by everyone in the ensemble. And *very* sensitive, flowing treatment of the ethereal, smoky Drake song; one of his greatest. And the Sonor kit and the cymbals sound amazing!

[@mitchgrant403]

Hi Ben! I thought that was a brilliant interpretation of River Man! Everyone sounded great, and the solos were quite good, especially with your attentive and very complimentary support on drums. I've been a drummer for many years, and I always appreciate players that really listen to each other and stay "in the moment". Your interplay with the group was spot on and everything fit perfectly. Bravo!

[@MrZipdang]

Wow, really took that beautiful song totally new! Brilliant drumming!

[@carlosalvares9213]

So beautiful 💜🎵🎶👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheMonolake]

I wonder what Coltrane would have done with Riverman ?

[@mayday8982]

I love this interpretation of my favorite Nick Drake song!! It's so well done, and all of the little details are so tasteful! thank you for this

[@tommes55]

Real good music needs space between the notes, needs breathing, needs surprising moments and... of course, talented and educated musicians to perform this stuff... Like here... 👍👍👍😁

[@gordonschenck1672]

Love that this version made me think of Dave Brubeck, Joni Mitchell, George Benson, Return to Forever, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland.

[@denismugerin]

Play me a river.

[@saulocunha4374]

Where is the acoustic guitar?

[@tullfarley4962]

Enjoyed it but felt the progressive jazz guitar and piano solos weren’t in the spirit of the peaceful, lazy, lulling mood of the song. Great singing though.

[@lucguenette7534]

she is there for so many minutes to do a wondefull job, esti....

[@dannyboybh]

Although the execution was good, I found this version a little disrespectful. It completely deviates from the feeling of the original song.

[@reiniervannek]

You shouldn't approach this performance as an ordinary cover song. River Man has been used as a "theme" just like for example classical musicians did with certain theme's ( Miguel Llobet's Folia (Variations on a Theme of Sor" Op.15)) Beautifully excecuted!

[@andycarpenter3650]

Started so well but then felt like the musicians egos took it too far away from the original which, given Nick Ds shy persona, is contrary to the original tone. Felt sorry for the singer who basically got butted out half way through.

[@mitchgrant403]

The singer did her part, and did it well. There was no "butting out". That's called "the arrangement". I thought the solos were very, very good, and I also think they stayed fairly true to the original mood of the song. As jazz musicians, you should be encouraged to explore the possibilities in a composition, not be hamstrung by the "persona" of the composer. The group did that very well.

[@TheCcormier2]

5 minutes and 20 seconds in and I’m wondering what the singer is even doing here.

[@nikosblaxabas5338]

rather strange take on river man... like joni mitchel... john martyn... drake is to personal upon himself to be covered...

[@lindahandley5267]

This is a nice band and singer, but this rendition of Riverman is far too jazzy for my taste and it doesn't sound like Nick's beautiful song. I would have never known it was the same song.

[@sugarysnax2958]

cameraman is in a hot air balloon. The 2 minute intro was about a minute and a half too long.

[@greennipplesmellowcorp]

find somewhere else to pee, then.

[@timyarrow8844]

Interesting, but musically I didn't care for it and don't think it worked. This cover felt like an unrecognizable massacre of an otherwise superbly crafted and masterfully wrought original poem about melancholy.

[@identicaI]

Meh. 😒

[@ledaswan5990]

Kind of massacred that tune. The guitar is so overplayed. Oh well,they probably know how to play jazz, I hope.

[@philmckenna5709]

You can always trust a bunch of jazzers to fuck up a perfectly good tune 😜