Tonight,
He has a good time clowning his musicians as he introduces them. You can tell Terence has much love for the kinship of this band and that closeness is expressed on stage though the music. He shares with the audience how his latest creation of all original music, “Flow,” was created. One by one as he spoke of them, each of his visionaries started vibing on their instrument until music was “Flowing” in full swing. From a thought to a feeling an, in an instant, music, funky jazz music is created.
That is how it is done! The evolution of the creativity that lies within all of us becomes manifested for the world to enjoy from that point forward. I interviewed Terence earlier last month and he said that the music is different every night. “These guys take the music in directions that I would not think of going and it turns out to be hip” And hip it is. The heads are movin’ and the crowd is certainly feeling the music. This is music that reflects our time and our lives in the spirit of now. Feelings, moods, cities, crowds, the weather and all kinds of variables are constantly changing. As the world turns on its axis, a new perspective of life is created that comes out through the music.
This is original music with a style and grace all its own that expands to the extreme branches of the tree of jazz. Taking the genre and pushing the boundaries to include today’s sound as well as those from the past. These cats take their instruments and find new ways of playing them while incorporating those sounds into the wonderful rhythms they produce.
Pick up Terence’s new album “Flow” on Blue Note Records. If you would like to read a cool interview that I did with Terence, Click Below!
LeRoy Downs
