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...thumped out a series of chromatic arpeggios that got the audience pumping. But the peak was naturally Frankie’s sharp and tuneful playing that served to spike the cocktail and got the audience dancing. Not letting the pace lag, they moved into the universal funk favorite, Herbie Hancock??s “Chameleon.” Here the other half of the rhythm section came to the fore. The bassist punched out the pentatonic riff in swift staccato beats; the guitarist wailed out a crackling solo that was perfectly punctuated by the pianist?...
...times, he commanded the whole room, as was the case when he led both the band and audience in a recreation of traditional West African call-and-response. The band’s spontaneous transitions all seem triggered by Summers, as when he guided the band out of Herbie Hancock??s funk classic “Chameleon” into a traditional New Orleans second-line march, compelling the audience to their feet to bounce—in the absence of dancing room—along with the band...