Time for some magical keyboard playing by master funkateer Bernie Worrell. This show has him playing in Minneapolis with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra, touring after a release of an album of jazz standards.
This show mixes his classics with these new interpretations, and is quite the hour and half of musicianship.
In addition to seeing him with P-Funk many times, I had the pleasure of seeing Bernie play in Boston at the Middle East as a solo artist. It was an embarrassingly small crowd for someone of his musical stature, but he played as if his life depended on it and we were treated to an excellent small show.
As he was getting started, he needed to make some adjustments to his equipment. With one hand remaining on the keyboard, playing a funky riff that would make most musicians envious, he bent down and fiddled with knobs near the floor, never missing a beat. And that was just warming up.
Worrell is classically trained, can play anything he hears, and can match any style. There is more talent in a single finger than in many entire bands. He’s been a guest performer with too many groups to mention.
Get ready to rock, funk, and roll.
RIP
And another one.
2016 – the year the great musicians departed.
“So long and thanks for the fish.”