...a message from Umphrey's McGee

They usually do one cover a night: Floyd and Rush are common but Metallica, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Michael Jackson, etc.....

micky wrote: pssst... for fans of the group...  what makes this group J-R/F.Which albums?   Listening to an album now... and this seems textbook Xover prog.  Or whatever.. .but this sounds nothing like J-R in my opinion... and make it two.. Raff's as well.

i have stated many times these guys should be moved to eclectic.

Local Band Does O.K. is their only studio album that showcases their jazzy side a lot. Anchor Drops does as well, but not as much. The last 3 studio albums of theirs has focused more on composition and are much "proggier", especially the most recent "Mantis"

they also have many "live-only" songs, one being Wizard Burial Ground, which is straight-up THRASH METAL! and Bridgeless, which is really proggy in a DT-kind of way. Or Much Obliged which is jazz-funk, with a little bit of TFK-feel during the verses.

Even their live performances are more on the eclectic side (though they do get pretty jazzy too.) They're too diverse to be just jazz-rock. Listen or download the show i went to Saturday night in NYC and you'll see (or hear) what i mean.

set 1
http://www.archive.org/details/4-11-2009UmphreysMcgee-NokiaTheatreNewYorkNy

set 2
http://www.archive.org/details/4-11-2009UmphreysMcgee-Set2-NokiaTheatreNewYorkNykm40-128kbps

i dont think they would even consider themselves jazz-rock. There's too many rock riffs, progressive passages, VOCALS, non-jazz compositions, etc.

i say they should be moved to ECLECTIC PROG.


Edited by darkshade - April 13 2009 at 14:34

anywhere sort of RIO seems better than JR/F.. especially if Mantis is the most proggy???? whoa...I thought it might have been a step back.. proggy wise. 

I'll set the wheels in motion for this... thanks Jay

pssst... for fans of the group...  what makes this group J-R/F.Which albums?   Listening to an album now... and this seems textbook Xover prog.  Or whatever.. .but this sounds nothing like J-R in my opinion... and make it two.. Raff's as well.

pretty jealous of you, darkshade

4.10.09
Nokia Theatre
New York, NY

SET 2 Jazz Odyssey > Made to Measure > Preamble > Mantis, Cemetery Walk, Cemetery Walk II, Turn & Run > "Jimmy Stewart" > Turn & Run > Spires, Prophecy Now > Red Tape > 1348

ENCORE Comfortably Numb

pretty cool...they performed Mantis, in sequence (with improv), 2nd set in NYC last night.

(for the uninitiated, Jazz Odyssey opening a set is a piece of improv/short composition...in last night's case it was a repeated JO that has opened 2 other shows...I'm personally hoping it develops into a song. here's an mp3 of an audience recording of a performance of this JO: http://www.archive.org/download/um2009-03-04.ccm4/um2009-03-04d1t01_vbr.mp3 )

1 more day!!!

Edited by darkshade - April 10 2009 at 13:25

ernie banks on pa, now I know I am tripping

anyone going to see them April 10 or 11 at Nokia Theater in NYC?

downloading right now. i could always use more live Umphrey's, even though it's from different shows.

great band!

Thanks!!!!  Going to see them on April 7th.  Cant wait.