Questlove Eats ... In Concert
December 5, 2011
NYC, NY @ The Blue Note, NYC - early show
AT943's > battery box > iRiver H320 > WAV > FLAC

01. Intro
02. The Drum Waltz (Max Roach cover)
03. Web (ft. Black Thought
04. Interlude
05. Jam (ft. Bobby McFerrin)
06. Interlude
07. Jam (ft. Rahzel)
08. Jam (ft. Rahzel & Bobby McFerrin)
09. Interlude
10. Rahzel solo
11. Interlude
12. Rahzel solo
13. Interlude
14. If Your Mother Only Knew (ft. Rahzel)
15. Interlude
16. Brass Heaven intro
17. Gimme Some More (ft. Brass Heaven)
18. Pass The Peas (ft. Brass Heaven)
19. N.O. (ft. Brass Heaven) (recording cuts, last 2 songs missing) 
Umi Says (missing from recording)
unkown new orleans party song (missing from recording)

?uestlove, drums & electronics 
Black Thought, vocals 
Rahzel, beatboxing 
Members of Brass Heaven, horns 
Bobby McFerrin, vocals 

And introducing "Love's Drumstick" 

Produced by JILL NEWMAN PRODUCTIONS

Notes:
?uestove takes over the Blue Note kitchen with a three-course ?uest Loves Food tasting menu featuring the international debut of "Love's Drumstick" – Creole-seasoned, buttermilk-fried chicken drumsticks. Mirroring the three-course tasting, ?uestlove will lead off a not-to-be-missed three act "tour d'course" performance with close musical friends Bobby McFerrin, Rahzel "The Godfather Of Noyze," Black Thought, and Brass Heaven. Be there and Four Square. 

Drummer and producer Ahmir Thompson is a living link between the digital science of modern hip-hop and the flesh-and-blood textures of vintage R&B. He co-founded the Roots, universally hailed as one of the most sonically inventive hip-hop acts. Meanwhile, his collaborations with such artists as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, and Common have reasserted the importance of real-time playing in a style dominated by sampling and programming. 

"I'm really into the game of making people guess, is it a machine, or is it him?" says Thompson, who also goes by the name ?uestlove (pronounced "Questlove"). One famous example is the Roots' biggest hit, "You Got Me," which sounds for all the world like a programmed side stick pattern – until Thompson cuts loose with a blazing drum-and-bass groove. Like much of Thompson's work, the passage is startling, witty, and funky. 

"Hip-hop is based in rhythm, repetition, and perfect time," says Thompson. "With Roots stuff, I go for a more perfect, quantized-type sound than I would with, say, Erykah or D'Angelo. For D'Angelo's Voodoo [2000], we wanted to play as perfectly as we could, but then deliberately insert the little glitch that makes it sound messed up. The idea was to sound disciplined, but with a total human feel." For Thompson, "human feel" is bred in the bone. His father was the leader of the '50s doo-wop group Lee Andrews and the Hearts, and Ahmir literally grew up onstage. "I was playing percussion at gigs from the age of seven because my parents didn't believe in babysitters," he says. "By 13, I was the musical director, and I stayed in that world until I got a record deal with the Roots at age 22." 

Thompson relies on several Yamaha kits: a new Maple Custom Absolute, several sets from the early '80s, and the Stage Custom he used with D'Angelo. But Thompson's tireless studio experimentation is as crucial to his drum sounds as the instruments themselves. "I like to mold sounds like clay," he says. "Sometimes I put drums through a guitar amp. Or we might put mikes everywhere – in the room, down the hall, anyplace you might hear the drums. Sometimes we use just the farthest mikes, EQ them until they sound dirty enough, mix it all to one track, really compress it, and then bounce it to another track. We'd go around that cycle a few times – six generations, maybe."

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http://www.okayplayer.com/news/nyc-questlove-eats-in-concert-bobby-mcferrin-125.html

As noted, ?uestlove has expanded his repertoire from drumsticks to…well, drumsticks. In recognition of his new catering venture Quest Loves Food the world-renowned drummer and bandleader is taking over the Blue Note Kitchen this coming Monday December 5th for a night of food and music, featuring special guests Bobby McFerrin. This event will serve as the debut of Love’s Drumstick–?uest’s very own creole-spiced buttermilk battered chicken creation. As it says here on the flyer:

Mirroring the three-course tasting, ?uestlove will lead off a not-to-be-missed three act “tour d’course” performance with close musical friends Bobby McFerrin, Rahzel “The Godfather Of Noyze,” Black Thought, and Brass Heaven. Be there and Four Square.

?uestove takes over the Blue Note kitchen with a 3-course ?UEST LOVES FOOD tasting menu
2011-12-05
Showtime: 8:00PM
Doors Open at 6:00PM

SPECIAL OFFER
80.00	Dinner and Music Package
40.00	Music Ticket Only

featuring the international debut of LOVE’S DRUMSTICK
Creole-seasoned buttermilk fried chicken drumsticks.
Limited Quantities of Dinner Packages available – Advance Purchase Highly Recommended.
Bar seating available on a first-come, first-seated basis for $25