This is the weather to have a garden party! Sun on Sunday! I don't know how and where drummer/vocalist Jamal Thomas and his wife Nadine ordered this kind of weather but it worked. It was my first time with Jamal on djembe! We jammed some just before this video, for the people on the party, then spotted this idyllic spot and record a video for YOU. I can see there's still room for improvement as I am rushing a bit and in 0:28 I skipped a beat. Sorry Jamal! I'll give it back to you next time when we do the "falling leaves" edition or maybe the "snow edition"? :-) Still, such a nice caption of jamming in the sun and the peaceful environment of the Belgian countryside. Weblink Jamal Thomas: Tsahara Productions
So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - This is the weather to have a garden party! Sun on Sunday!I don't know how and where drummer/vocalist Jamal Thomas and his wife Nadine ordered this kind of weather but it worked. It was my first time with Jamal on djembe! We jammed some just before this video, for the people on the party, then spotted this idyllic spot and record a video for YOU.I can see there's still room for improvement as I am rushing a bit and in 0:28 I skipped a beat. Sorry Jamal! I'll give it back to you next time when we do the falling leaves edition or maybe the snow edition?:-)Still, such a nice caption of jamming in the sun and the peaceful environment of the Belgian countryside.Weblink Jamal Thomas: Tsahara Productions
