Carnival '99
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Carnival '99 is the fourth release and second live album of Colorado
-based jam band
, The String Cheese Incident. This double album
was taken from various live performances throughout 1999.
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
-based jam band
Jam band
-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...
, The String Cheese Incident. This double album
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
was taken from various live performances throughout 1999.
Track listing
- "Shenandoah Breakdown" (Traditional) - 3:28
- "Missin' Me" (Kyle HollingsworthKyle HollingsworthKyle Hollingsworth is an american rock keyboard player best known for playing in The String Cheese Incident. Kyle sings and plays electric piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer and accordion....
, Paul Kleutz) - 14:32 - "Mouna Bowa" (Guy N'Sangue, Jean Luc Ponty) - 7:04
- "Barstool" (Bill NershiBill NershiBill Nershi was a founding member and acoustic guitarist in The String Cheese Incident, a US jamband from Boulder, Colorado....
) - 4:43 - "Take FiveTake Five"Take Five" is a jazz piece written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in New York City on June 25, July 1, and August 18, 1959, this piece became one of the group's best-known records, famous for its...
" (Paul DesmondPaul DesmondPaul Desmond , born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group's greatest hit, "Take Five"...
) - 7:17 - "Hey Pocky Way" (Ziggy ModelisteZiggy ModelisteJoseph Modeliste is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk group The Meters. Considered to be one of the most innovative, and highly acclaimed drummers ever to hail from New Orleans, Louisiana, Modeliste is a pioneer of second-line funk...
, Art NevilleArt NevilleArt Neville is an American singer and keyboardist from New Orleans.-History:Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers...
, Leo Nocentelli, G.Porter, Jr.) - 8:22 - "Black Clouds" (Bill Nershi) - 13:16
- "Lester's Rant" - 0:47
- "Footprints" (Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
) - 6:46 - "Don't Say" (Kyle Hollingsworth) - 14:18
- "Birdland" (Joe ZawinulJoe ZawinulJosef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...
) - 12:51 - "Hold Whatcha Got" (Jimmy MartinJimmy MartinJimmy Martin was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass".-Early years:Born James H. Martin in Sneedville, Tennessee. Jimmy Martin was born into the hard farming life of rural East Tennessee. He grew up near Sneedville, singing in church and with friends from surrounding...
) - 4:22 - "Jellyfish" (The String Cheese Incident) - 14:11
- "Drum Jam" (String Cheese Incident) - 4:13
- "Texas" (Bill Nershi) - 13:30
The String Cheese Incident
- Bill NershiBill NershiBill Nershi was a founding member and acoustic guitarist in The String Cheese Incident, a US jamband from Boulder, Colorado....
– Acoustic GuitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... - Keith MoseleyKeith MoseleyKeith Moseley is an American musician and songwriter, who played bass guitar among other instruments for The String Cheese Incident, a jamband from Boulder, Colorado, of which he was a founding member....
– Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Kyle HollingsworthKyle HollingsworthKyle Hollingsworth is an american rock keyboard player best known for playing in The String Cheese Incident. Kyle sings and plays electric piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer and accordion....
– AccordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, OrganOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Michael KangMichael KangMichael Kang may refer to:*Michael Kang , director of the 2006 independent film The Motel*Michael Kang , member of the String Cheese Incident...
– MandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... - Michael TravisMichael TravisMichael Travis is an American musician.-Bio:Travis was born in southern California. He graduated from University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in Environmental Science in 1989 and moved to Crested Butte Colorado....
– Percussion, CongaCongaThe conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
, TimbalesTimbalesTimbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...
, Drums