Cory Wong // "Direct Flyte" (feat. Victor Wooten)

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this was take two from the session. take one we were getting into the groove. we settled in by the end of take one, but take two crushed.
so here it is!
BAND
Victor Wooten - bass
Cory Wong - guitar
Sonny Thompson - guitar
Kevin Gastonguay - keys
Nêgah Santos - percussion
Petar Janjic - drums
Eddie Barbash - alto sax/soprano sax
Kenni Holmen - tenor sax/flute
Sam Greenfield - bari sax/bass clarinet
Jay Webb - trumpet/flugelhorn
Jon Lampley - trumpet/flugelhorn
Michael Nelson - trombone/horn arranger
MUSIC
Produced by - Cory Wong
Mixed by - John Fields
Engineered by - Jake Hartsfield and Caleb Fisher
Mastered by - Will Quinnell
VIDEO
Executive Producer - Cory Wong
Director - Ben Kadie
Director of Photography Matt Burke
Producers - Cory Wong, Michael Bowden
Video Editor: Cory Wong
Camera - Matt Burke, Dakota Diel, Trent Millspaugh, Michael Bowden
Lighting Director - Jacob Padgett
Set Production Designer - Tricia Robertson and Cory Wong

[@jonlavigne3270]

A Victor Wooten solo is like parkour down a mountain.

[@MrZombs123]

😂😂😂😎👍👍👍

[@rayfinkle7064]

Spot on !!!

[@EvilSean62]

its more like UP a mountain given the effort ...but yes

[@MrZombs123]

@@EvilSean62 depends who’s playing it.. Vic or someone else! 🫣🤭🫠

[@RonCarterBassist]

He knows his way around a bass, no question about it.

[@joeblankenship377]

I really appreciate that Cory Wong is continuing to pump out the funk at such an alarming rate. He's up to 2 or 3 albums a year right? And that's good, because let's face it: we want the funk. Gotta have that funk.

[@hagegesamuel]

Make my funk the P Funk, I want da bomb

[@veljkosimovic2302]

Yes sir, we do. :)

[@TheZigzagman]

Ow. Sorry, stubbed my toe.

[@andrewtregoning]

gotta have it man

[@HDArtzy]

😂😂😂

[@jdmarino]

I like how the band members clearly appreciate each other's playing.

[@TheZigzagman]

It's called playing because it's fun.

[@konradfichtner112]

Yeah, that seems to be a key feature of this great ensemble

[@TheSamygamgy]

I felt the same thing

[@auggieford7163]

When I saw them live, I walked away with this sentiment so much after the show. Love it!!!

[@coreyrosewestbrook7353]

yes its how it should be instead of ego and always wanted to be in the lime light . let others have a turn ! :)#

[@Terrezio]

This Wooten guy sure knows his way around a bass. I'm sure he has an amazing career ahead of him.

[@DanielRezendeGuitar]

Welcome to our humble planet. 👽

[@senhoropressor3x393]

Hahahahaha 🇧🇷

[@albertvillalba4008]

Victor has been here bro. He’s among The greats.

[@Terrezio]

@@albertvillalba4008 haha yeah I know I was being sarcastic😂been watching Victor for a long time

[@mattdippel6494]

@@albertvillalba4008 WHOOSH

[@IWishUWereTacos]

Cory Wong looks like a youth pastor but my God can he lead a band 🙌

[@jordonlees2]

Holy fuck hahhahahha

[@shonybaloney]

a Man of God fr

[@Elwood.J.Blues13]

Funk is religion. Wong and Wooten are my deities

[@wootenn]

❤️

[@nnylg]

@@Elwood.J.Blues13 Amen, brother!

[@nutinurmacaroni]

The fucking horn section is absolutely bonkers.. what a talented group of musicians. Quality content.

[@gustafsone]

The horn section is the one thing missing from Vulfpeck. Don't get me wrong, though. I love me some Vulfpeck, but a slammin' (heh-heh, that's a Huey Lewis and the News reference) horn section takes it to a whole other level of awesomeness! Funk bands need horns! If Joey ever reads this comment, I'm sorry, man. You're amazing, but sometimes you're just not enough (in my opinion)!

[@nutinurmacaroni]

@@gustafsone Have you discovered the Fearless Flyers yet? There are the horns and Vulfpeck you're looking for with a little less funk.. Kenni and the Jets, Bicentennial, Birdwatcher, Adrienne and Addrianne.. many reimaginings of Vulfpeck songs with horns.

[@gustafsone]

@@nutinurmacaroni Oh yes, for sure! I think Fearless Flyers only had horns on that one album? There wasn't any brass, though. That album also turned me on to Grace Kelly and Eddie Barbash. I was already aware of Kenni. I'm sure you already have, but you should look up Grace Kelly and check out more of her stuff. She's really great!

[@nutinurmacaroni]

@@gustafsone You're right.. there weren't actually as many songs with horns I thought there were. I honestly hadn't checked out any of them outside of FF and the Wong Notes but after seeing a little snippet of Grace and her Billie Jean cover I'll def have to check her out.

[@modifiedcontent]

Basically Prince's last horn section, right? Or at least the arranger, Michael Nelson.

[@nairobibeast]

That horn section isn’t brass…it’s gold baby!

[@humankindmedia9741]

Well, well, said! I'm copping that one. Monsters each and together!

[@omariparker3769]

Oh yessir it is

[@oumarh.gassama8063]

Shivers, man, you said it so right!

[@Darknamja]

Give the Baritone some. 😎

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Absotootly

[@LeeCaterson]

Cory Wong is singlehandedly pumping life back into the music industry that hasn't been seen in decades.

[@AndrewAMartin]

Back in high school jazz band, THIS is what I wanted to be when I grew up...

[@rustyshackelford4503]

Same. This is what I dreamed of creating all through my late teens and 20’s. Never quite had the god given talent to get to this level. Wasn’t for a lack of trying. I feel like I’m able to appreciate it all that much more though as a consumer. Love what the younger generation is doing for funk

[@adj7388]

Just this:🤯 And shout out to Michael Nelson. Dude, those horn arrangements are genius. And Victor? omg. You all killed it.

[@Herrbig2]

Agreed 1000%

[@thmsrttg]

Especially those triplet perfect fourths at 2:28

[@nicolaspachecomonroy2199]

Mr. Nelson for president 🔥🔥

[@mkproductions4122]

Serious ass arrangements.

[@rawrockies]

Agreed. The Horns are absurd.

[@navid8276]

Cory's reaction to Wooten during his solo is priceless, real recognize real!

[@robertjohnson3855]

Funk makes me miss Average White Band, AND Tower of Power, Brothers Johnson (“Get tha Funk outta Mah Face!” Funk is THE BEST GROOVE and DANCE music. At 67 I still have to Jump Out Ma Chair and get on the Floor. FUNK always puts me in a great mood If I’m not in the mood already! Yeah! Get Wit It Babe, get Dat Butt Jigglin and let me stand behind and just Watch it. So Hot. The shape of a woman’s . Great shapely Butt is truly a gift. I love watchin’ a beautiful woman “get Jiggy wit It” and one who knows how to move it and not be shy about movin’ it’

[@jonatanstrale5625]

It's also kind of sweet, knowing it was a Wooten solo that made Cory pursue a career in music 😊 My boy is watching his hero.

[@plentyguitarplantyfood7062]

With THIS horn section, THIS bass solo and THIS rhythm section you almost started a new genre. I'll call if futurefunk. It grooved so hard I almost snapped my neck nodding along making a stank face throughout the entire song.

[@TheSunshineGroup]

So i believe the EDM community kind of already has future funk as a subgenre :(

[@visualeyesmusic]

Future funk is already a genre, and it’s exactly what you said. All groove, no breaks

[@edburns00]

Thank you for stank face.

[@mikemcleroy8265]

Good stuff!

[@fungusman9726]

If you want Wooten to do futurefunk you need his brother future man

[@mkproductions4122]

Wong is on his way to having the tightest band in the US and taking the funk of 10000 lakes to the future. Keep It Up Cory

[@edburns00]

We are living in a golden age of great new music. Right now. I'm talking late 70's quantity level of greatness.

[@ItsACaptainDan]

3:30 absolutely blows my mind. It's like he double thumbs a harmonic then slides it down during the middle of a crazy slap groove. My face is stuck after hearing this

[@Gnarlsagan]

been trying to figure out how he made that sound! another commenter mentioned he's maybe also fretting with his right hand here?

[@crohnmagduru]

if we are talking about the same sound, it happens when you are slapping the g or the d string and i do not think he does it intentionally and would normally considered a fail but sounds awesome here

[@bigboybojji8426]

its crazy right?

[@kaleptoz]

@@crohnmagduru Nah man, Victor knows exactly what he’s doing

[@bikingbochum5486]

I don't know if that is what he used here, but one special technique by Wooten is to thumb and let a harmonic ring with the thumb nail up, followed by bending the harmonic with the left hand. Whatever he did here it sounds awesome!

[@PNGtwentyfour]

Respect a band leader / namesake, who lets the spotlight follow the music around the bandstand. Cory is a class act.

[@mrpants6337]

That bass solo created a black hole in another universe.

[@Pixelkip]

Hahahaha

[@BRAG450]

I love how during his solo literally everyone including the sax guys are just blown away by victor and like well shit…

[@foxeguitar8020]

haha I know. Cory was just like...da fuck is this dude doing with that bass?!?!

[@quarryproc]

I thought the reactions looked fake as hell

[@Scales3040]

Unreal! Just when you think the bass solo's coming BOOM dueling sax action. Best of the new series so far.

[@ryangebo7220]

Victor is right man, Cory is doing something special. Will be considered an important 21st century musician and leader at some point!

[@gustafsone]

I also believe he is right. Victor is one of, if not THE, best electric bassists in the world, but his music isn't really accessible for a lot of people who aren't musicians themselves. He is a technical master, but a lot of his music isn't very catchy or have a hook to bring people in. Given the success of Vulfpeck, Cory has taken it to another level entirely with this band, and I think the only roadblock right now is just people don't know about his music. If they heard it, they'd love it!

[@RoaryTime]

correct

[@wootenn]

@BLVCK CVT ❤️

[@suprostatic3]

the lick/groove that Victor plays at 3:30 is absolutely insane!!! The Trumpet player in the far back knows what i'm talkin about!!

[@dabanjo]

Reggie Wooten lick. Vic and Reggie are the masters of sycopated thumping.

[@MrMixolydian7]

When I saw that right handed guitar being played upside down, I knew it had to be Sonny Thompson. Loved his work with Prince and the NPG back in the day. 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@DavisSchulz]

Perfect, love it, Victor is a legend.

[@truescotsman4103]

who?

[@agumonkey]

legend is a victor

[@Rennbrand95]

Habe mir schon gedacht, dass Davis Fan von Cory ist 🙃😉

[@colinwallace5286]

As a friend who saw him live once 20 years ago said when he watched this video: “The guy looks exactly the same as he did back then!!” I replied that it’s likely because he just has a great time being Victor Wooten. That smile says it all.

[@user-mi5sv5dr8c]

@@colinwallace5286 NO. wooten is god!

[@Me-xy3jh]

I wrecked my Harley on the highway last week. I am less than one week out of Total Shoulder Replacement Surgery. I am under strict orders not to move at all. You are going to make this a very difficult recovery Mr. Wong.

[@Whodunnit4eva]

Started listening to Victor Wooten 20 years ago and he’s still the master

[@lincolncalvin5876]

This is what the music scene needs right now real musicians PLAYING...the horn section is crazy and Victor is doing what he does best he plays the pocket then turn him loose and it's game on...lol. Thanks for this video

[@cstepaniuk8611]

Victor rebirthed himself in that solo. They all looked like kids for a moment.

[@williamlowe7718]

I love seeing the word "nasty" getting redefined in real time! And the horn arrangement? What can be said? Just awesome!!!

[@BradyKacon]

negah's drums sound so good and dry

[@DrJosephKim7]

Most of us could practice 20 hours a day for 40 years and not be anywhere as good as Wooten is on bass... This is otherworldly. The timing, the syncopation, ahhh my gosh that was an amazing bass solo

[@wjhandy]

Isn't that what it's all about?

[@onesong2001]

Right. I'm going to practice 20 hours a day for the next 40 years and see if your theory is correct. Watch this space in 2062.

[@bikerhighmiler8998]

Victor must have started playing bass while in the womb..

[@onesong2001]

@@bikerhighmiler8998 He started playing several previous lives ago.

[@bikerhighmiler8998]

@@onesong2001 seems that way!!

[@iPig]

The interview was further proof that nobody has ever seen Victor without his bass.

[@peterbradley6580]

Horn riff heaven.

[@wootenn]

❤️

[@paulwhetstone0473]

Great Arranging and execution of big band funk! Victor Wooten: Still, the all time bass funkmeister.

[@Wtfdawg321]

Those horn lines…so sick! And I love victor laying down a less complicated, but so tight, bass solo

[@jwb2814]

Mr. Wooten THANK YOU ‼️

[@kevinwang7894]

Love the drums at the beginning of Victor's solo. Starting with kick only, then HH on up beats, then snare. So simple yet so effective. And that bend by Victor!

[@sweetegg]

I really really REALLY like that counter line the horns play at 1:10. It compliments the other parts so well while being great in itself.

[@rishabhbose29]

Imagine the respect that Victor has in the Bass playing community and in the Music industry in general that a guy like Sonny T who is a monster Bassist himself picks up a Guitar for Victor to let him do his own thing. Major respect.

[@seanpeabody2469]

I’m just happy to see real musicians out there killing it.

[@jeffdavis-di7op]

The whole arrangement is great, but those HORNS!

[@johnnynephrite6147]

That busy brass section is killin it.

[@Elwood.J.Blues13]

Came for the Wong reasons. My existence was not prepared for that fucking horn section. I am currently taping together at a molecular level my body from its particle state. Fucking wow.

[@anniemamaof2as]

I can't get enough of this master ensemble!

[@BassByTheBay]

How am I just now hearing about Cory's band? 🤯 Freakin' _love_ that horn section! Drummer is great, guitars are great, keys, perc... Oh, and Victor's pretty good, too 😀. Love his tone here!

[@Moluccan56]

Same!

[@writetovagelis1975]

Grooves like hell and digging so much the horn section. So tight

[@mrstrat222]

All great!! Yo Yo on the Horn section!!! Damn!!

[@davidknopp1208]

The audible laughter from the set and Cory’s stank face from Victor’s weird note at 2:51 is my favorite part

[@andybaldman]

Good to feature some young new musicians like this Victor guy. He’s gonna go places.

[@cristidobrica]

I laughed so hard 😀

[@Joe-bs9dj]

So awesome! I hope you work more with Victor in the future!!

[@jasonbarriault8199]

This NEVER gets old! Awesomeness in a can!

[@richardmills9359]

Wow, this just showed up in my KZbin feed, probably because I've watched a lot of Victor Wooten videos. Victor is great as always, but, wow, I am blown away by this horn section! They are as good as Tower of Power's horn line from back in the day!

[@lolloislollo]

That pause at 3:02, so satisfying!

[@jazzerie330]

Right!!, the expression is so precious

[@cheeseaddict]

The time and effort that mustve gone into this is amazing!

[@zacharywho5442]

3:43 universal mind blown among the band

[@Airooonsteeer]

3:43 haha the trumpet guy in the back is toooo stoked. Feel him

[@georgegeranios2918]

Beyond great. I'm a rocker, but this transcends simple categorization. Love watching Cory do his thing. Everybody's smokin'

[@johnpandolfino8663]

What a band ☺️

[@arnlmndza]

That sax section solo, and of course Vic-Thor! And Cory was just happy to make them shine. ❤

[@saguntandukar940]

The song and performance is a pure love.

[@fernandoanacletofirmino1518]

Nêga Santos enchendo o brasil de orgulho 👏

[@jomalomal]

This is one of the best videos to grace the internet in a long while.

[@rizzbod]

Man! that whole band orchestration is so dope!

[@shayna2830]

Vic is the fucking man. None better. He is the epitome of what music is about. Prolific material, always teaching here and there, always a smile and never seems to be doing anything else than having fun and enjoying the music. He just oozes dank fun awesome bass lines and I just can't muster anything but the most positive of sentiments for him. I hope one day I can dap him up and just tell him how much his music and attitude did for me. He was the first master of music I ever searched on KZbin. This was back in dialup days. I waited hours for a 5 min lesson and demo by him and it changed my life for the better. Put me on the beautiful path of music. Victor Wooten is important to me

[@flanneljoe7473]

Awesome. Thanks. This show just keeps getting better and better

[@JohnKitterman]

Never heard of these guys .. holy crap, I've been missing out! Their sound is out of this world.

[@irishboymalloy]

Are you familiar with vulfpeck it's the other band that Corey Wong is in. If you have not seen it watch Vulfpeck live at Madison square gardens it's amazing

[@JohnKitterman]

Nope but I will them check out. Thanks for reminding about this one. It fell off the radar but is now back in the light! @@irishboymalloy

[@irishboymalloy]

@@JohnKitterman glad I could help 😁

[@Sam-hf8nq]

Next level. Victor is insane and really lovin' that very tasty bari solo!

[@PascoalDUamba]

So great how the Band help's to built Victors Solo with so much space and little elements. Amazing musicians!

[@birdland830]

I've been a longtime funk lover - so appreciative that Cory is elevating it back up!

[@Sieberman]

Bedankt

[@rocketpost1]

Well, looks like I've found a new rabbit hole. What a superb band with insane sax solos and the wonderful Victor. Next to watch is Mark Lettieri, Joe Satriani and Larry Carlton. Couldn't get much bigger names !.

[@mrPauljacob]

I really hope music like this never dies. It's simply amazing

[@BRAG450]

Dude that was so rad. Really had a lot of good energy and I really enjoyed it. I was head nodding through the whole thing. Good vibes man.

[@okolekahuna3862]

The horn section kicks 'BLEEP'!!! I caught myself with the 'nasty face' throughout the song.

[@searchandestroy69]

That horn section is insane

[@fabiomaccatrozzo9243]

Victor was playing and sharing music with everybody here. That is a lovely thing indeed

[@cimonak]

Victor's solo is just incredible as always

[@hughmann9097]

1:02 Victor looking at the horn section like a proud papa

[@achenarmyst2156]

And they deserve it, to say the least...

[@ledchickenfpv7164]

Wow, what a funk missile that tune is! Well done entire band! It's a gathering of musical overachievers, and it's freakin' awesome! Those guys on saxophones (apologies for my ignorance on wind instruments, don't mean to offend anyone) were just firing out goosebump generating runs of nasty funkiness like nobody's business. Phenomental stuff.

[@whyarenamessohardtocomeupw2916]

This whole song is so addictive, especially Victor's solo, just nuts

[@benfcormier]

Those horns sound so beautiful! Loved this, thanks guys!

[@billkingston4402]

Holy shit, this is superb, the horns are mental

[@markhartfield8186]

That horn section 😮my god!

[@uiliamoliveira6348]

The horn section is absolutely mind-blowing! Victor wooten is my favorite bass player of all time.

[@brycewalburn3926]

Just a total joy to watch. Fantastic work everyone!

[@norvalstewart6082]

One thing about Victor I love, he has never forgotten anything that I've taught him.

[@DruNature]

I feel so in the dark! WHAT IS THIS GODLY NOISE!!?? wow, this is the coolest thing since Les Claypools Purple Onion that Ive heard. Im more of a metal head so Im not up on the funkier and jazzier side of things these days. Love the horns wow! Who is this Cory Wong guy and how does he get to play with Victor Wooten and Tim Henson, what a boss, I love his energy, and he is definitely loving every second of the music more than the fans too. Fantastic!!

[@Michael-xj6qt]

Absolutely brilliant

[@darrenbraswell7156]

This was an epic display of funk, groove and musicianship!

[@bobbarry1547]

Saw you guys last night in ATL…you slayed!

[@samaBR_85]

man, 2 legends of bass on the same stage. thx Cory!

[@millepill]

What a beautiful arrangement.

[@clarkdbro]

killin everything. love seeing victor do victor stuff with the bass

[@chevchelios5668]

That horn Team.... Brecker Brothers Vibes!

[@avital2166]

Commandos 😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@achenarmyst2156]

Rocks 😅

[@scotty6124]

It can easily be said that Victor Wooten is the best electric bass player since Jaco.

[@warrenmorphis4208]

No lie detected.....

[@josepijamas1214]

mmmm no...

[@saguarotreker]

Speachless.

[@zhafrantan6934]

Came for Victor. Floored by the horn section.

[@john_burke]

4 seconds in: LIKED. Cory Wong is on fire recently!

[@joelness]

Cory (and the Wongnotes) is the Centralia, PA, of music. Just a perpetual state of being on fire. No one can put it out.

[@SkatersHeaven]

Wootens harmonic fill during that solo was unreal

[@grimus]

Pure joy!

[@stanley-fghijk441]

Weird. Vic is the cat but this solo ain't happening, like he couldn't rise to the moment. But, props to him for letting it out there. We all have off nights.