Nubya Garcia // but is it jazz?

but is it jazz? | Episode 13
Featuring: Nubya Garcia
Live at: Arenberg Theatre | 11.11.17
Hosted by: Gea Russell
but is it jazz? is a live concept presented by The Writer's Bench,
featuring the best in adventurous jazz related music and beyond...
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[@bobgreen8142]

Why is it that as a 65 year old from a non-urban environment and totally different musical background I feel such a strong musical kinship with what is coming out of this scene in London? Nubya, Shabaka, all the others, it's just great!

[@th3rdeyeopen]

Don't pigeon hole yourself! Music links us all. Thanks for vibing along. :)

[@bobgreen8142]

@@th3rdeyeopen I do very much try not to pigeon hole myself and keep my ears open to everything, but I feel an odd sort of actual kinship with this stuff...

[@Baribrotzer]

Hard to know. One possibility is that - in a sense - jazz is a foreign language to any non-American, and they're going to speak it with a foreign accent. But that's not a weakness, and it can be a strength. People from other countries have listened to different pop music, they aren't tied to Black American musical roots, they have different cultural concerns, and they can and do bring a fresh perspective to the music. For a start, Britain is a whole lot closer to Africa, and there are plenty of genuine African musicians living and touring there. So you'll hear thing like Sons Of Kemet's ferocious rolling groove, that Americans wouldn't do the same way.

[@tressel2489]

@@Baribrotzer nice insight

[@peterfitton4529]

Seems a lot of commenters haven't understood that "Is It Jazz?" is just the generic name of the series, of which this is one episode. It literally tells you that if you read the intro blurb.

[@samgriffithsmusic]

4:05 what a groove. Song is called Hold for anyone interested

[@ahmindamon]

Thanks....I came to comment section for that!

[@tsukishiro31]

thanks!!

[@SuperBananastyle]

Not the same version

[@martimribeiro7538]

now, this is the alice keys that i always ask for!!

Pure jazz but a mixture of difficult culture influences . = Art

[@mizpahboy7513]

As the old folks used to say "She's been here before" If there is any doubt rather it's Jazz or not I submit for your perusal "Gil Scott Heron's album Reflections in which he answered the question very nicely...."Is that Jazz?"

[@pierluigiromagnoli162]

Absolutely yes, take a listen to Dizzy's carrebean rythms, and the double Kenny Dorham-Joe Henderson albums...

[@JerryAttric42]

why even ask the question--"is it jazz?" the question should be "is it good?" i'm sick of some people trying to put musicians in a box so they can file them away.

[@lucidvoid2528]

i like this comment

[@johnruffin3291]

JerryAttric42 Yes! Yes! I agree so am I sick of it. It’s music and it sounds good. Not just a lot of scales and patterns it’s more than just that it’s a song that’s created from your mind. It has a beginning and an end. I think people are forgetting that’s what music is. Stop trying to be someone one else and do your thing and stop trying to repeat the music that has been done. Nothing wrong with playing some of it but it seem to be all these so called jazz musicians want to do. She is being creative and exploring the unknown.

[@Anonymous-ks9xp]

Are you not trying to put in a box by calling it good?

[@patrickkelcey2435]

...lovely sound, well presented, I'd pay money to see these guys.

[@hp6031]

Well, what is certain is that these guys are all (excellent) jazz musicians... :)

[@creation49tp]

Yesterday (05-11)she was in Bird Rotterdam., she was great and also the other bandmembers, especially the double bassplayer

[@Ovaseer2510]

Of course it’s jazz the drummer has set the theme for various of things of jazz.

[@moshes666]

Nubla Garcia faz lembrar John Coltrane! Fantástico som.

[@PaulFrancisBass]

Fat tone on Tenor,lovely and great band Thanks for posting

[@skoch9995]

That ”fat tone” used to be a trademark of old american made horns. That’s not to take anything away from Nubya’s unquestionable artistry.

[@Alino17]

Precise, sharp, clean, sometimes hypnotic. She is 20 and something ... let her grow.

[@troyjon9]

The band and music I've been looking for, oh! Yes.

[@stefanosabattini8702]

Great musician and beautiful girl

[@victorwilliams5131]

You’re the Boom I love your music

[@buffplums]

Nubya has that ‘John Coltrane’ serious focused look to her ... she is so very talented!

[@RayyMusik]

My first thought as well - however, not only the look but also his sound (in the first piece).

[@buffplums]

Quel Qu'un you obviously don’t know much about jazz music then ....

[@buffplums]

Quel Qu'un you are a very uneducated person to come out with a comment like that, probably don’t even know who John Coltrane is

[@buffplums]

Quel Qu'un that’s told me!

[@cliffhughes6010]

@@buffplums I realised long ago that you can't say anything about anyone on the net (however well-meant) without somebody jumping on you. I'll probably even get flak for this. If only we could just enjoy great music.

[@MultiTonyramos]

Muito bom

[@ozzoid]

"If it sounds good, it IS good" (Duke Ellington) and/or "If it sounds like jazz, it IS jazz"?

[@ianbeddowes5362]

I am 72 and listening to jazz since I was 12. ThIS IS JAZZ. Otherwise I never heard jazz all my life.

[@jabulaniharvey]

Esperanza Spalding has a sister who plays saxophone

[@newscrews11]

I#d love to hear Nubya and Esperanza in the same frame

[@RonLevyLevtron]

nice!

[@haroldmsimmons]

This is the first time listening to this sister. She's badddd!

[@chriss1152]

I found a new favorite saxophone player she is good

[@chriss1152]

Quel Qu'un no I would not she is good

[@charliechaplin7959]

Try Kamasi Washington.

[@lucidvoid2528]

@@kazire4591 i mean... people ARE entitled to their own opinion

[@stevel6895]

@@kazire4591 your negativity is a manifestation of your personality. I feel sorry for you.

[@stevel6895]

@@kazire4591 your comment seems somehow ironic to me. Back in the early 90's I overheard some dude talking trash about Redman at one of his early concerts. Saying he couldn't play and that there were countless players that were better. And today, Redman is held in high regard. It won't be long, Nubya will have her place.

[@taznivola8355]

Yes!!!...is it Jazz.

[@s.maisonyoungii2292]

...Nubya.....

[@patrickkelcey2435]

Is it improvised art, is it played live in time, anybody who doesn't know the answer to these questions has NO place in art. Improvised art played live in time... Yeah man.. It's real jazz.....

[@JohnfuckingColtrane]

Patrick Kelcey I’m still waiting for hear what she sounds like on Rhythm Changes. Or even a blues.

[@patrickkelcey2435]

@@JohnfuckingColtrane and the good thing is that we don't have to play everything we know in every fucking solo John

[@garotogomez677]

What kind of setup play nubia??? Its a conn transitional ????

[@philippedetravy4521]

Yes man !

[@alanroche5235]

Come on: it's rhetorical. It's from a Gill Scott Heron track.

[@dansullivan1246]

Gil's "Is that Jazz"? Cool tune, I have a live version...

[@not_another_muhammad]

take jazz out the jazz club. yes.

[@brucechem2]

yes it is

[@rvlv]

Does anyone know the name of the song starting at 01:40?

[@Elemeninki]

Hold .- Nubya Garcia, there's also an alternate take

[@kelvinsmith6854]

She only has two eps out for streaming or download, I have both downloaded from Amazon.

[@michaeldean9338]

@ 01:50, isn't this simply 'Red Eye' ?, (Sade's band...I don't know who actually composed it.)

[@frankgreen8137]

She's fantastic..I'd be interested in knowing what kind of tenor sax she plays? Conn, Buescher?

[@justanoptimist303]

I think it's a Conn 10m, could be wrong tho.

[@tbonijazz]

@@justanoptimist303 it's a transitional model, I think... the bell keys are on either side of the bell, whereas a 10M has them both on the player's left. Lovely lovely horns.

[@philippedetravy4521]

@@tbonijazz Yes, a transitional !

[@buffplums]

Around 5:40 what is the effect that sounds like there is another sax? Is there another sax or is it some effect pedal?

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

It's some sort of chorus effect. I didn't see any pedals at her feet so it was probably the engineer on the desk. It would be on his cue list as this music sounds very tightly arranged.

[@hmillerjr29]

Simon the Likeable @ 5:22 she moves the horn to the side and appears to be activating the pedal with her foot

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

@@hmillerjr29 Yes, thanks, I believe you're correct. I did go back to around 04:40 and there's some long shots where a pedal is visible near her mic stand. I have used delay pedals before so I would be very interested to know which chorus effect this was.

[@hmillerjr29]

@@Simon.the.Likeable you play sax as well?

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

@@hmillerjr29 My saxophone playing is "a work in progress."

[@gregc7699]

who cares fuck genres its just plain and simple good music

[@dahalofreeek]

Genres are useful for avoiding country music but I otherwise agree.

[@nico.m8346]

Nothing about the actual musicians? like their names?

[@samgriffithsmusic]

Check out Ezra Collective, they make up a lot of her backing band a lot of the time. Femi Coliosso on drums. One of the best gigs, I've been to. If you want to check our similar stuff, also Yussef dayes, Alfa Mist, Henry Wu,

[@fluidjazz]

......Yes, next silly question? Is the earth flat?

[@patrickkelcey2435]

Of course it's flat, cos that's where we push all the jazz critics over the edge. The earth is flat and yes... This is jazz...

[@hsghatora]

with out any doubt its jazz

[@LOVINSPACE]

Nubya, I like you !

[@valeriopagliaro2988]

Name of this song

[@hjkkghjk6988]

Of course it is ! WTF 😂

[@francois-xaviermanson2483]

Bien sur que c'est du jazz !!!!!!!!!! N'importe quoi cette question !!!

[@mambojazz1]

?? I dont get it....Its definitely jazz! She sounds John Gilmore, Trane, and Frank Foster!!

[@madmarsupial]

Odd sound mixing decisions here. Sax is way too low, the snare dominates strangely , and the video ends up with her interview speaking voice often way louder than her sax playing. Great music though, thanks for that.

[@kelvinsmith6854]

You cant judge the mix from this clip...in the hall itself it probably sounded entirely different .

[@jesteroffools1035]

Jesus people need to learn the history of Jazz before questioning if something is Jazz. Jazz has tons of Sub genres and I'm sorry but "Smoorh Jazz"is a Sub genre and doesn't speak for all Jazz. She definitely sounds like Bebop to me.

[@ronniewoodsbellmontsounds7045]

Not jazz.

[@thequietus]

Am I taking crazy pills? I mean she's fine but straight up she's the weakest member of her ensemble by a mile. What's with all the hype? She's certainly decent, but yeah I get the jazz question...if she wants to rock the heads and leave it to others to improvise but very meh. CAVEAT Look that being said better than most of the BS out there

[@narosgmbh5916]

have a proof four years later

[@timmo491]

Nah.