does anybody know what kind of show this was? i've heard it at a friends place and altho

the soundquality was very poor (about the worst quality live boot i've heard since 2000),

there were a few fascinating instrumentals played at this show.

iirc there were about 5 long and very cool instrumentals performed, each followed by a

regular prince song.

none of the instrumentals contained any song elements i've heard before so they were

either new tunes they'd been jamming on or they were off the cuff improvisations?

what with the length of about 10 minutes of at least 3 of those instrumentals, it sounded

almost like another madhouse album. the sound, at least to my ears, came closer to the

madhouse sound than either news or xpectations.

so does anybody know more about this concert or specifically about the instrumentals?

what kind of show was this anyway? was it a one off aftershow kind of gig or was it just

a regular show that happened to be very weird and interesting due to all those new and

never before performed instrumentals?

here's the tracklisting:

drum solo

instrumental # 1

the ballad of dorothy parker/four

instrumental # 2

eye'magettin'

instrumental # 3

girls and boys

instrumental # 4

forever in my life / a case of u

instrumental # 5

after this, a pretty regular show was performed at the same venue.

intro

uptown

controversy

let's work

the work prt 1

cream

little red corvette

i wanna be your lover

sexy dancer

housequake

the ballad of dorothy parker

i could never take the place of your man

do me, baby

scandalous

diamonds and pearls

the beautiful ones

nothing compares 2 u

outro

so was the first setlist a soundcheck? or like an opening act? i think that larry graham was

on stage for all of those instrumentals. but it's not really a gcs set by any means.

i'm confused

This was Prince's headlining performance at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in Canada.

He performed 2 sets on the same night.

The first set was the "jazz" set that you described. The second set was a more conventional effort that was a shortened version of the Hit n Run tour setlist.

Parts of the "jazz" set were rehearsed, but the majority of the performance was improvised.

Hope this helps?

Forgot to mention, Larry was on stage for the first set, in fact, Larry wandered into the audience a couple of times during the show, while still playing bass.

MikeyB71 said:

This was Prince's headlining performance at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in Canada.

He performed 2 sets on the same night.

The first set was the "jazz" set that you described. The second set was a more conventional effort that was a shortened version of the Hit n Run tour setlist.

Parts of the "jazz" set were rehearsed, but the majority of the performance was improvised.

Hope this helps?

yes, that does help! now it all makes sense. thank you very much for answering MikeyB71

IstenSzek said:

MikeyB71 said:

This was Prince's headlining performance at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in Canada.

He performed 2 sets on the same night.

The first set was the "jazz" set that you described. The second set was a more conventional effort that was a shortened version of the Hit n Run tour setlist.

Parts of the "jazz" set were rehearsed, but the majority of the performance was improvised.

Hope this helps?

yes, that does help! now it all makes sense. thank you very much for answering MikeyB71

You are welcome.

A soundboard or exellent audience recording of this show would be fantastic, i love him doing "jazz."

MikeyB71 said:

IstenSzek said:

yes, that does help! now it all makes sense. thank you very much for answering MikeyB71

You are welcome.

A soundboard or exellent audience recording of this show would be fantastic, i love him doing "jazz."

me too. that first portion of the show is just so laid back. love the slowed down versions of

girls and boys and forever in my life too.

soundboard of that show would be:

I would prefer releases like this (in good quality) and the new 4DF release than a 20TEN Deluxe any day of the week.

[Edited 11/7/10 12:56pm]

MikeyB71 said:

I would prefer releases like this (in good quality) and the new 4DF release than a 20TEN Deluxe any day of the week.

[Edited 11/7/10 12:56pm]

i just don't understand why he doesn't sell stuff like that online.

i would buy that stuff even if i had to eat rice for a week

but ok, now we get it for free. suit yourself prince

It was the first time Prince played at a jazzfest, and the only one he really attempted to play an alternative tracklist (at list on the first part).

Wish this were circulating complete and in listenable quality.