Pastiche for Kaa Pow

Last weekend I saw Kaa Pow at Dazzle in Denver.

At center stage is quite the drums,

hand-carved deep-cut wood fashioned into the

studied disorganization of a jazz-kit.

Littered with spaces for each player to step out and thrive, their-style.

The Way I Feel from Cookpot comes first.

The keyboardist has his backpack next to his instrument/

people need their stuff, like factory workers/

squirreling belongings next to the machine/ means of production.

He starts with a percussive whistle and punctuated joy.

There’s the groove and then there’s the walking music

there’s nothing really on top everything is in the

middle.

The first trumpet solo was a jumpy scream.

First drum solo is a rolling non-stop.

The saxophone fights with the trumpet and they argue over who is faster.

Time for a medley. He speaks of Hand Go Hand Come, how

one hand washes the other.

The medley starts with Lonely moves to Sacrifice and the bell is everywhere.

Now it’s groovy & the sax lays down on an afternoon couch until there’s a racket at the door.

Paa Kow, drum set, lead vocal, introduces his band:

Tom Ogunribido – bass

Jonnie Cohen – guitar

Solomon Goldbas – keyboards

Peyton Shuffield – percussion

Zane Cupec – percussion

Joel Michael Timm – trombone

Brad Goode – trumpet

Daryl Gott – alto sax

Back to business, it’s the bass that comes knocking/

like it often does in southern rock songs/

starts with bass and symbols and a classic invitation then the

high school band drum and I did a 1-minute recording of this it’s always

magical when a moment is taken.

The trumpet goes, the sax responds, they’re gloriously mad/

it was ever thus.


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