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An evening with Trio!

What a night! A jazz extravaganza with Trio! For those of you who, like myself, didn't know anything about Trio!

TRIO! are:

Stanley Clarke on bass

Bela Fleck on banjo

Jean-Luc Ponty

Now I knew all to well who Stanley Clarke was. I still remember the first time I heard him play on the album 'If This Bass Could Only Talk' in 1988. Pure brilliance. He is known as the man who created the slapping technique. All I knew was this man could make the bass sing. I knew that if I ever got the chance to see him play live, nothing would stop me. Living in Australia at the time, I knew there was little chance of seeing him anytime soon. Well, I got my chance thanks to "Summer Nights at South Lake Union' . It may have taken me 15 years but it was well worth the wait.

Basia rocks!

Or should that be Basia salsa's! What talent! I cannot forget that it was a group effort; namely Matt Bianco.

As I scan the medley of bands that seem to erupt like ants from an anthill, I am finding that there is less talent, and a whole lot of one hit wonders rearing their ugly heads. Don't get me wrong. I am certainly not a music snob? I do at times listen to these one hit wonders for the same reason they are called one hit wonders - they do have a hit song - even if it is just one.

But I am also finding that you tend to become de-sensitized to the lack of talent that the music industry continues to spoon feed us, hey, I am speaking for myself here. It is only when you see true talent that you come out of the haze.

Matt Bianco was one such talent. What a truly amazing show!

Danny, Mark & Basia were far from alone, they shared the stage with about 9 other people, and various instruments; sax, keyboards, drums, percussion, aswell as back up singers...all hugely talented individuals without the huge egos. What a truly invigorating evening, by the time the show was nearing the end everyone was up the front dancing. Pretty much like a mosh pit, which is all I have ever been in, but without the moshing.