linus4000 said:

i really hope this and shades of umber are new songs from him....along with the breakdown great songwriting!

I was just listening, I mean really listening to the Montreux set. And enjoying Shades Of Umber... WOW.

This is what Jazz Festivals are about. Pure showcasing what you are able of.

The same with Footprints ~The World Is A Ghetto, the other year. And The Jam (Aug 18th 1988).

If it's not on an album, it's mostly worth an incredible single performance.

It's a well over thought and neatly arranged piece of music, in several parts.

First part it shuffles in, or 12/16, or quick waltz (luckily nobody starts clapping like they do sometimes along Satisfied)

Then at 1 minute 40, lively sax à la Eric Leeds (we say Knorsax in Dutch) and the guitar leads it into 3 minutes 08, man this is Last December meets Miles Davis. And another eighties guitar solo. Backed by HOW MANY HORNS.

5:12 next part, scale change. Nice. Back to the theme, more sequences. Trumpets. Why do I feel this could be as old as Alexa De Paris and All My Dreams?

Still, Shades Of Umber seems like a secret when you search, apart from earth colours. And interesting work from someone.

What are your thoughts on this tune?

[Edited 8/6/13 5:34am]

Diggin it!

Now I understand why Prince turns on his listeners.

Wonderful song! Kind of comparable to "Watermelon In Easter Hay" by Frank Zappa, but more in the vibe/feel of it than the actual notation itself. I hope the studio version turns up soon.

RosesRred said:

Now I understand why Prince turns on his listeners.

What's your problem?

This was one of my highlights of the second night.

I actually thought it was an instrumental version of Big City having only heard that song for

the first time the night before. Then when they played Big City during the encore I was like

that's strange why are they playing this again and how come I liked the instrumental version

better

[Edited 7/31/13 9:58am]

Do we know that it's a Prince tune?

when exactly was this played?

paulludvig said:

Do we know that it's a Prince tune?

We don't even know the title for sure.

luvsexy4all said:

when exactly was this played?

http://www.princevault.com/index.php/14_July,_2013

TwiliteKid said:

paulludvig said:

Do we know that it's a Prince tune?

We don't even know the title for sure.

Why are we calling it this? I haven't heard it yet, but does someone in the camp identify it?

http://www.princevault.com/index.php/14_July,_2013

doesnt list it

Aristotle said:

Wonderful song! Kind of comparable to "Watermelon In Easter Hay" by Frank Zappa, but more in the vibe/feel of it than the actual notation itself. I hope the studio version turns up soon.

that's a nice tune! and I have never listened to any Zappa, so from now on I will expand my view.

EddieC said:

TwiliteKid said:

We don't even know the title for sure.

Why are we calling it this? I haven't heard it yet, but does someone in the camp identify it?

The Vault indeed tells: Unidentified instrumental (possibly 'Shades Of Umber').

Perhaps my fault to name this thread Shades Of Umber.

Who is behind the Vault, who came up with the possible name Shades Of Umber, for this instrumental set filler?

Every now and then I play some Prince tunes from any audio source onto the home hifi set.

"Wat een blije James Last muziek is dit?" [What Kind Of Happy James Last Music Is This?] the misses proclaimed one night when I turned up this instrumental tune.

James Last, he wished...