More Horns
More Horns
The band is so very tight, sure, but is there any way to add another 2 or even 5 horns? I'd love to hear a full-on horn arrangement for "More Trouble Every Day," or the horn harmonies on a ten-minute "Orange County Lumber Truck" jam.
I second the more horn thing. I have been listening to Make a Jazz Noise Here. There is a version of Black Napkins with the horns playing some of the guitar parts.
I cant get enough.
Den
I saw the Greatest Band You've Never Heard in Your Life in Mannheim in 1988, and that horn section blew the roof off the hall. Fat, fat sound, rocking to all of the FZ classics, and that tour's wicked covers. It was bliss.
Scheila has been singing more and in Baltimore I saw her step out from the keys and play a pretty mean sax solo. She really is a ringer for certain. Frank always had an appreciation for people who could sing and play multiple instruments. Scheila is a hotter version of Bobby Martin.
Firstly I do not think 5 more musicians are in the scheme of financial feasibility. Secondly having seen many Broadway The Hard Way Tour shows and listening to the many live arrangement's that have been released "The Horn Section" is not what made that band. It is more so about the overall arrangement schemes for that particular tour. If FZ were here today and toured with a similar ensemble I would expect the sonics to be light years ahead of what that band achieved & collectively sounded like. While those arrangements are great in 1988 some of the digital technologies FZ was using still lacked the dynamics that exist in digital technology today or exist in analog equipment today. In 1984 & 1988 FZ was using a good amount of digital technology that suffered from limitations of digital technology at that time. It's just what it was.
So in 2010 not only would the overall acoustic palate of similar ensemble have more dynamics but the arrangements could be totally different with similar because that may just be what FZ would do. If DZPZ ever cloned those 1988 arrangements I expect them to sound better not only because of the professio…Read more
Sure, I understand that more horns means more players, more pay, more costs for arranging and logistics, more rehearsals, more interpersonal dynamics, etc., which makes it unlikely. But frankly (heh)--and this is not a flame--you lost me with the rest of your response. DZ is finding his own way, clearly, and so far I'm loving every bit of it, and am doing my miniscule best to support it. He chooses how the band is structured and what they do, as he should. All I know, is that when I attend a show where there is a six- or nine-piece horn section backing up the leads, it is in a musical place all by itself, and it turns my gears thoroughly.
Although it's not in the posted job description, I'm hopeful that the new keyboard player will be a horn enabled multi-tasker like Aaron was. Agreed a touring big-band probably isn't in the cards, but if they can cram another horn or two in as the opportunities arise I'd certainly dig it. Icing on the cake!
I saw ZPZ twice in 2006 both shows with nappy also playing horn It was great. He has always been my favorite front man.
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