"Mr. Slick" Original

[Johnbee]

One night last week I woke up at about 2:30 AM with this lick going through my head (ever happen to you?) Fortunately, I have a separate room for all my recording gear so I don't have to wake anybody else up. Had that been the case this would've been lost forever.  But in my still state of sleepiness I fired up my trusty music PC and keyboard and got this down.  Then all of this past week I embellished it and brought it to where it is now.  It features the tenor sax and flute I've been using most of this year from Straight Ahead Samples, some Latin percussion and the usual EZ Keys, EZ Drummer,Trilian bass and a bit of Vocalsynth.  I wasn't going to do a 13th song for the year because I don't like that number but I couldn't wait to see where this would take me.  So, as this is Christmas Eve, consider this my present to all of the good folks who like my music here (I know Steven M and Zoltan will love it) and I hope you all enjoy it.

Merry Christmas to ALL!

  John B

"Oh, yeah!"

"So fine"

"Play it ALL again"

"POW!"

Keep on tryin'.  No denyin' it's the best for you
Don't stop groovin'.  Let's get movin' onto something new
It cannot be wrong.  You could sing along.
Stop your cryin'.  Just keep on flyin'
It's the best for you.

[Jarle]

Thank you for this present. Really nice and groovy.

[kenny mac]

This is nice John ,that bass comes  in and brings it all to life.
Lovely bass work by the way ,very busy.
That sax is excellent too.
I've said this before in previous comments ,im not a lover of jazz but I can appreciate the musicallity that goes into it and
this is ace.
Well done.

[Geir]

Oh this is just fabulous.

Apart from the groovy riff this has so many wonderful elements.

I love the flute. It sounds very real. And I love how melodic the song stays through all the jazzy chord changes.

This has a slight early 70s Zappa vibe which is right up in my wheelhouse

[Farrell Jackson]

I dig this John! The percussions gives it a Latin Jazz vibe. At times it reminds me of the band "War's" style, such as the song Low Rider but definitely not a copy. The riff you dreamed up is very cool and I'm glad to got up to capture it.  Mr. Slick is a slick production and it's all done so professionally!!!! 

[Ray Brookes]

Cool jazzy  track, John. Lots of funky syncopation and multi-dimensional melody wise. Those bass lines are a killer and lock in nicely with the percussion.

In earlier times I thought the bass playing in your songs was actually played on a guitar and only recently I realised you used Trillion bass played off the keyboard. Nothing wrong with that of course and occasionally I use keyboard bass too, especially if some of the lines are too difficult to play on my bass guitar.

Anyhow, another great stylish piece of music and looking forward to hearing more in the new year.

[StephenM]

reminds of a cross between Jethro Tull and Cisco Kid (War)
even a tad Zappa...

glad you got it down... and a great and fun and busy tune... stylish and quirky.
I do love it.
I thought it was an instrumental...nope  

[hardlock]

Dig the flute as well but the kicker is the percussions. Either kudos to the drummer or the programmer as the builds and fills are totally pro jazz material!

[Blooby]

You went all Herbie Mann on us with that flute patch. Really interesting groove and performance. That low piano really propels the grease in this tune.

Cool Post.

Blooby

[Johnbee]

Jarle, Kenny, Geir, Farrell, Ray, Steven, Hardlock and Blooby-
Thanks all so much for listening and your comments.

  John B