Customer Reviews

Live in Tokyo

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I'm a big fan of the genre: Soulive, Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, Karl D and all those cats. But as anyone who listens to live music knows: Studio albums fall so short of the live act. It's all about the energy shared by the musicians and the crowd. It is a shared experience. This CD rocked my world from start to finish. I had just come off a wailing Galactic show the night before and I was ready for some funk. Lettuce delivered the produce ( forgive the pun, Just had to) The energy of this live album is off the charts, just some funky cats throwing down some nasty grooves. It comes highly recommended by someone who knows the scene. Pick this one up...you're gonna love it!


Beers

I'm a Soulive fan so I figurd I'd take a chance, man was I stoked! This live record captures live funk at it's best, not to mention for a live show the sound quality AMAZING!

As I try to sum up what exactly has drawn me to this group, and how it differs from old school funk, I simply quote Bootsy Collins: "Somebody been messin' with my funk. Funkin' 'round, funkin' with it 'till they funked it up!"

If you want a straight answer, these guys are not only the real deal, but will be what other new funk bands are measured by. These guys are nasty, low-down, self-proclaimed "Defenders of the Funk". I challenge anyone to show these guys down.

If you're a lover of funk, and love to hear how funk can evolve, this album is defnintely for you. Eric Krasno (Soulive)and Adam Deitch (John Scofield Band) have furthered the sound of funk, and this ensemble is right on their wavelength. With the addition of Neal Evans (Soulive) on keys, Lettuce found the missing ingredient from their studio release, "Outta Here", which was a brilliant piece of work in its own right. But in this release, "Kron Dutch" explodes with the most modernized funk sound to date.

If Parliament's P-Funk were the rulemakers for an oppressed society, Lettuce's L-Funk may very well be today's lovers of the oppressed Mother Earth.

Funk on.

Absolutely the best cd I've heard in a long, long time! This bad is powerful enough to turn goat p*ss into gasoline! I loved the disc from the time I hit play and on through the last tune. These guys are great and deserve more recognition. Nothing like a great music that makes you wanna move! If you like Soulive, you'll love Lettuce....The Soulive Big Band! Hit me!

In order to find quality tracks, quality musicians, you must dig in the crates! It took a little while to discover this CD, and I am happy to have stumbled upon this treasure. These cats understand, straight pocket, injecting jazz funk and hip hop flavors through out. Ride with this one. g

this is such a funky album. a must have for any funk cat.
kron dutch is sick track brought to you from deitch and kraz, and every other track is just a funky jam and insanity

great production and a solid live album

enjoy!

This is a review of the sound quality only, look to the other reviewers for thoughts on the music. The recording and mixing are quite good. Unfortunately, the sound was trod upon during mastering. In an effort to get the average volume as close to peak volume as possible, the engineer introduced distortion, and tonnes of digital clipping. Every drum hit suffers from this problem. Also when the music swells, instead of having an increase in volume all you get is an increase in distortion. The dynamic range has been destroyed, the recording stays within 3 dB of max throughout. A definite "loudness war" victim.

You might still enjoy it though if you listen to your music in a noisy car.

It was a recommended cd when i was buying Up Here from Soulive for the DVD that comes with it. Boy, what was i surprised!!!!What a great music. To all who love soulive and Lettuce...buy this one!!

As a funk fan of the Greyboy Allstars, Brand New Heavies, Gallactic, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Liquid Soul genre, I was blown away by this live disc. "The Dump" is a personal favorite of mine, but the entire disc is filled with positive vibrations. Get it and dig it.

This is THE album that inspired me, as a musician, to funkify my style. These guys take the grooves and melodies of funk and apply top-notch jazz improvisation. Every song here is killer, especially "Nyack" (which quotes Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts"), "Break Out," and "Flu the Coop"--a drum feature with seriously jaw-dropping metric modulation from Adam Deitch. Lettuce are a band that any musician--especially ones versed in funk, jazz, and hip-hop--should get acquainted with...they're just too slammin' to ignore.