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  3. Jazz Organ Great Jimmy Smith Dead @ 79

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    Too bad...

    I really wanna like Jimmy Smith, but I find a lot of his music to be pretty contemporary dinner time jazz. Any of his albums really heavy with the Hammond groove? I find Root Down as a song to be pretty cool, but as an album, beh...

    Jimmy's got a lot of funky songs, and funky organ (and bass!) playing. However, it's usually a few songs on each album that are funky, and the rest will we can probably pigeonhole into 'jazz'.

    My favourite album is a 2-CD set I picked up in Germany. It's a live recording of him in concert in Paris from 1965. It's not so much funky or groovy as it is awesome. Anyway, Smith did great things with a lot of people. Nice stuff with Montgomery, excellent big band arrangements with Oliver Nelson, some of the hottest sax players. I'll miss you Jimmy.

    Here's a funky tune with the electrifying Eddie Harris on sax (from "All the Way Live") (at least it's a funky intro).

  6. Wed Dec 29th - Flattstreet CD Release @ The Casbah

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    It will be crazy good.

    This week's View Magazine features an all too intelligent interview with Flattstreet's Martin, Peter and Thom: http://viewmag.com/viewstory.php?storyid=2585

    Info on Flattstreet's CD "This Dog is Big" (to be released on the 29th): http://www.flattstreet.ca/flatt/Main.php?page=music&album=1

    Show Details:

    Wednesday December 29th, 2004

    @ The Casbah -- 306 King St. W., Hamilton

    Flattstreet - http://www.flattstreet.ca

    The Deviance - http://thedeviance.eck.ca

    Escapegoats - http://www.escapegoats.ca

    B.A. Johnston - http://www.justfriends.ca/ba/

    and DJ Mayor McCa in the Casbah Lounge - http://www.mayormcca.com/

    $8 or $13 with a CD -- Doors at 8pm

    (So yeah, basically it's an $8 cover with $5 CDs for the night... Normally $10).

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  14. Guelph - Thurs Nov 25, Flattstreet, Alight

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    Anyone interested in catching some extremely talented young jazz musicians while they're still indie? Check out this show for sure.

    Thursday November 25th, 2004

    @ Vinyl -- 52 Macdonell, Guelph

    Flattstreet

    Fountain St. Blues Project

    Alight

    $5 -- Doors at 9pm

    From Flattstreet's mailing list:

    Sugar Ding Dong.

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    Flattstreet - Take care of your canines.

    I just spent my Saturday night in an audiophile's living room listening to vinyl of Booker T and the MGs playing Abbey Road, Roland Kirk play didgeridoo and our own, fully mastered album, This Dog is Big played through a stereo system that clearly goes to 11. You can listen to a couple tracks from the upcoming album at http://flattstreet.ca/flatt/Main.php?page=music&album=1. This dog is big.

    I now have shows to announce: This Thursday November 25th, we'll be performing with Guelph's own Fountain St. Blues Project and Alight at the Vinyl in Guelph. This will be an excellent night of music with eine kleine Artmusik mit Hip-hop Funk und luke warm Jazz. A lot of you couldn't make it to the show on the 5th since it was too late notice (though many of you did show up... awesome), but hopefully you can plan to make it Thursday.

    Thursday November 25th, 2004

    @ Vinyl -- 52 Macdonell, Guelph

    Flattstreet

    Fountain St. Blues Project

    Alight

    $5 -- Doors at 9pm

    -Martin

    Flattstreet - www.flattstreet.ca

  15. Flattstreet @ Jimmy Jazz Fri. Nov 5th

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    NO ADVANCE WARNING

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    Flattstreet is most suddenly playing at the Jimmy Jazz tonight (Friday November 5th) at The Jimmy Jazz in Guelph. You too can take part in this last minute extravaganza and enjoy our music alongside that of The Ride Theory.

    That's all I can say, tonight, Guelph, Flattstreet and The Ride Theory @ Jimmy Jazz. Starts around 9:30. If it makes any of you feel any better, we found out about it this morning.

    Friday November 5th, 2004

    @ Jimmy Jazz -- 57 MacDonnell, Guelph

    Flattstreet -- hamilton garage-unicycle-jazz-eth-consonance

    The Ride Theory -- hamilton garage-surf-blues-psych-insanity

    Doors at 9pm

    There should be an article in this week's Echo Weekly on The Ride Theory.

    Check out the site -- www.theridetheory.com tunes, pics, bios, etc.

    Come out, bring dancing shoes, and keep rocking in the free world.

    -Martin

    Flattstreet - www.flattstreet.ca

  21. Being There

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    That film turned me onto Eumir Deodato a few years ago. From what I've been able to find, he's a south american jazz and samba pianist turned funk orchestrator. He reworked a number of classical (and classic) tunes back in the 70s era, some sound cool, some kinda wanky (I'm not the biggest fan of the guitarist, but his rhodes work is great). He's got some great horn lines in his version of the Moody Blues' (K?)Nights in White Satin and I like how he arranges the strings/rhodes in Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess.

    Now I think he's still working as an arranger. Last I heard, he was doing string arrangements for Björk.

  22. how searching gets you to jambands.ca

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    I was just viewing some web stats, and I noticed an interesting search phrase that has been used to get to this site from search engines.

    Why on earth would someone be searching for this dude?

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    Well I dunno why you'd search for it, but Mr. Zadarnowksi submitted this: http://www.jambands.ca/EditModule.aspx?t...w&ItemId=91

    What I want to know is why "Flatt Street" searches come here more than on their official site! :P

  24. Flattstreet - PJC Wed. Aug. 25th

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    Wish you were having as much fun as this guy?

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    Join him on Wednesday August 25th at Pepperjack's and party down with Flattstreet in their last Hamilton show of the summer.

    Significant Brothers in conjunction with Put On Your Drinking Cap Present

    Flattstreet, The Deviance and The EscapeGoats

    Wednesday August 25th, 9pm ($5)

    @ Pepperjack Café, 38 King William St. (Corner of King William and Hughson)

    One last summer blowout with Hamilton's very own prodigal sons of rock.

    Confused? I am.

    Having been involved with music and specifically the Hamilton music scene over the years, Martin, Andrew and Christopher Eckart have decided that it's time to take over. So, being brothers and being involved in vastly different scenes (jazz, indie rock, partycore) they decided to come together and form Significant Brother Records.

    Wednesday night will showcase their respective bands:

    www.flattstreet.ca

    Flattstreet - As the youngest Eckart brother, Martin is relatively new to the scene. He does, however, bring a good deal of talent by playing sax with Hamilton's youngest jazz infused funk-rockers Flattstreet. Playing in various bands in the Hamilton jazz scene in small combos, the members of Flattstreet also toured Europe with the Hamilton All-Star Jazz band, making stops at such world renowned festivals Montreux and Viennes. They're currently wrapping up recording on their next album which is due to release in October near Thanksgiving.

    thedeviance.eck.ca

    The Deviance - Having played in various jazz bands as a kid, Andrew decided to lay back his cello and double bass training to pump out hardcore beats with The Deviance. Formed in the summer of 2003, The Deviance have endeavoured to build their own style which they adeptly name post-apocalyptic-literary-prog-core. They're goal is to create music based upon compulsory novels that they read in grade 10 and 11 in the most awesome manner possible. Their original show, based on John Wyndham's classic "The Chrysalids" wowed audiences with their progressive hardcore sound. Next they plan to explode back onto the scene with their personal rendition of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies". These Lord of the Flies tunes will be performed for the first time on Wednesday night. CDs of The Deviance's first album "Tribulation" (based on "The Chrysalids") will be for sale at the show.

    www.escapegoats.ca

    The Escapegoats - The oldest of the Eckart brothers, Christopher has been a part of Hamilton's scene for a decade. His involvement began in highschool with indie rock bands such as Zappy Max and Garbagedrink (look good and hard at the walls in the Underground... You'll find 'em) playing shows at Transit Union and the X-Club. After some solo endeavours (Christopher Eckart 100%) he drifted back into the world of rock with Zildo Ildo and the XOS Army. After a brief hiatus, certain members of Zildo Ildo reformed into Hamilton's indiest of rock bands, The Escapegoats. Their lyrics and sound bring forth their un-pop divinity with obvious influence from bands like They Might Be Giants, Lou Barlow, Pavement and Cake. Never one to sing about girls or other teeny-bopping schlock, The Escapegoats tend to gather inspiration from their recent experiences of being married and having children or working as a bricklayer. Songs like "The Choo Choo That Couldn't" or "Safety Slippers" attest to that, and how @#$%ed up those kids are gonna be. The Escapegoats are currently recording an album which has yet to garner a due date. Do yourself a favour and come see these old fogies of indie rock, it's amazing after all these years that their main goals are still to overthrow the evil oppressors named popular music and consume large amounts of beer and pizza.

    I highly recommend that you come out and see these bands for both a fun night and to see a nice example of the diversity and talent that can be found in Hamilton's local music scene. This is your last good chance since Flattstreet and The Deviance members are all moving to different cities for school in September, so shows will be less frequent and quite a bit more expensive (this one's only $5!). See you there.

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