Groove Collective
The Lake House
Washington Park
Albany, NY
1998-08-03

Source: SBD > 24 track(?) professional multi-track mix > DAT(s)
Transfer: Otari DP-90 > coax > E-MU 404 > Wavelab 6.0 @ 48kHz
DSP: Wavelab 6.0 (tracking; repair, remove DC offset; Crystal Resampler (ultra) for 48 > 44.1) > FLAC > Easytag

Monday Night Concert in the Park (a free concert sponsored by Polar Soda and Molson, held during the summer months).

Disc 1
Set I
1. Intro my Mona Golub-Ganz (Second Wind Productions)
2. Saturday Afternoon
3. Dance of the Drunken Master
4. I Am
5. Hide It
6. Loisada

Set II
7. Mona Golub-Ganz set II introduction
8. Ms. Grier

Disc 2
1. Deal With It
2. Runaway Child
3. Bionic
4. Fly
5. Out The Door
6. crowd

Encore:
7. 42nd Street Theme / Tender Steppin'
8. crowd outro

Soundcheck:
9. "Soundcheck, soundcheck . . . "
10. Fly

Some annoying static from the vibraphone at the begining of 5. Sorry. Other glitches and annoyances removed or repaired.

Groove Collective was, on this night:

Gordon "Nappy G" Clay -- vocals, percussion
Jonathan Crayford -- keyboards
Dave Jensen -- tenor saxaphone
Jonathan Maron -- bass
Fabio Morgera -- trumpet
Jay Rodriguez -- saxophones, vocals
Genji Siraisi -- drums, vocals
Chris Theberge -- congas, percussion
Bill Ware -- Vibraphone
Richard Worth -- flute, vocals

What is Groove Collective?

"Groove Collective's identity lies not in one fixed style but in its capable hospitality to whatever might keep hips swaying."

Acid Jazz? Afro-Cuban funk? Trip-hop? Sharp and danceable?

If you need a soundtrack to New York City in the 1990s, Groove Collective would be it, at least if you were out at night on the Lower East Side and Williamsburg just as those neighborhoods were starting to transform (and today's hipsters were still in diapers). Nappy G was a friend's frat brother (shhh) and we were turned on . . . .

Yes, that's the Bill Ware from Steely Dan.

You can tune in, or go to background, but it's the kind of music that keeps grabbing your attention because it really is that good. It's too bad they didn't have more commercial success. Or maybe not. Give a listen, and decide.

Thanks to Mr. Zeau for the DAT, and Genji Siraisi for help with the setlist. Groove Collective still plays, and has albums in the stores. If you like what you hear, please do the right thing . . . .

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 03/23/2010