Reviews 9 - The Upful Life

D’ANGELO & THE SOULTRONICS – Aug 24, 2000. Taj Mahal- Atlantic City. [B.Getz / JamBase 20-for-20]

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 B.Getz Atlantic City, d'angelo, funk, hip hop, jambase, pino palladino, Questlove, R&B music, soul music, soulquarians, Soultronics, spanky chalmers, voodoo, Voodoo World Tour

On August 24, 2000, three childhood friends and I pulled up to the Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and stepped into the most spectacular concert I’ve had the privilege of experiencing in my 42 years on this rock, thanks to D’Angelo & The Soultronics on the Voodoo World Tour.

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BOBBY DEITCH BAND New Album ‘Work With Whatcha Got!’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 17, 2020May 23, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, Bobby Deitch, bobby deitch band, denise deitch, funk, george porter jr., matt wayne, new album, R&B, soul, work with whatcha got

Packed with an abundance of uplifting soul, funky grooves, and another batch of vibrant tunes, Bobby Deitch Band is back with Work With Whatcha Got!, the group’s second full-length album. Brimming with Bobby Deitch’s trademark New York vibe, the record reveals a collection of tracks more colorful and evolved than its predecessor

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RAGERS OF A LOST ART: Lettuce Strikes Back With 7th LP, ‘Resonate’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 9, 2020May 22, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce rage, lettucefunk, new album, Nigel hall, resonate, Ryan Zoidis

Trailblazing future-funk squad Lettuce returns with the ambitious Resonate, their second full-length LP in under a year’s time, and the seventh of their illustrious career.

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Here For The Crown: EARTHGANG Enlightens A Sold-Out Fillmore In SF [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 23, 2020February 4, 2020 B.Getz atlanta, dreamville, earthgang, Fillmore, Fillmore SF, spillage village

photo: Jesse Barbon Sky high and still soaring from the release of Mirrorland, Earthgang embarked on their first global headlining tour at the

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TIGER STYLE RAGE: Lettuce Elevates Into 2020 With NYE at SF’s The Independent [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 2, 2020January 20, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, Bay Area, lettuce, new years eve, san francisco, the independent

2019 came to a celebratory crescendo in phenomenal fashion on New Year’s Eve, when Grammy-nominated funk merchants Lettuce steamrolled through San Francisco for a single-night engagement at The Independent.

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SF FUNK EXTRAVAGANZA: Dumpstaphunk, The Motet, KDTU, New Mastersounds, More Turn Up To Close Out 2019 [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 1, 2020January 6, 2020 B.Getz Dumpstaphunk, Karl Denson, Karl Denson's TIny Universe, sly & the family stone, the motet, the new mastersounds, tower of power, wil blades, will bernard

Photo: Susan Weiand – Dumpstaphunk w/ Tower of Power The Bay Area has always been funk music central, with a storied history

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Choosing Our Own Religion: A Diary of Big Cypress & The Long Gig, Twenty Years Later [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 30, 2019January 6, 2020 B.Getz 2000, big cypress, john paluska, jon fishman, mike gordon, millennium, nye, page mcconnell, phish, phish new year's, the long gig, the phish from vermont, the set, trey anastasio, y2k

December 31st, 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Phish‘s storied midnight–sunrise set at Big Cypress at the turn of the century on 12/31/99.

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Way Down By the River: A Field Report From the Inaugural Suwannee Rising 2019

November 4, 2019March 3, 2021 B.Getz Dumpstaphunk, lettuce, Oteil Burbridge, sosmp, spirit of suwanee, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee, suwannee rising

The Spirit of The Suwannee Music Park is a special place. On the surface, its a lovely little campground. At its depths, it is a metaphysical vortex of transformation.

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Eric Krasno Trio (E3) Welcomes Reed Mathis At Sweetwater Music Hall (B.Getz on L4LM)

September 23, 2019October 4, 2019 B.Getz ek3, eric kalb, eric krasno, kraz, reed mathis, sweetwater

Eric Krasno stormed back into the North Bay with his organ-trio E3 to play a pair of fiery shows at Mill Valley, CA’s Sweetwater Music Hall

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Five Years in the Making, Adam Deitch Quartet Releases Debut LP, ‘Egyptian Secrets’ (B.Getz on L4LM)

August 23, 2019September 12, 2019 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch project, egyptian secrets, Eric Benny Bloom, golden wolf records, john scofield, Ryan Zoidis, wil blades

With one foot in jazz and the other leg waist deep in the funky stuff, drummer/producer Adam Deitch(Lettuce/Break Science) finally unveils Egyptian Secrets (Golden Wolf Records), the long-awaited full-length debut LP from his Adam Deitch Quartet.