Chameleon by Herbie Hancock (live at The Ark Berklee Studio, Boston) by Zak Icaza Boston Quintet

Zak Icaza Quintet live session recorded on September 2016.
Zak Icaza - Drums (Ecuador)
Patrick Norris - Bass (Arizona)
Andreas Epaminonda - Guitar (Cyprus)
Kyle Sheldon - Sax (Washington)
Simon Ng - Keys (Singapore)
Produced and mixed by Juan Hernandez.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

This is one of the most difficult pieces of music EVER to improvise well. Herbie Hancock keeps the groove flowing while he has excellent ideas without losing the feeling. It´s not like a normal improvisation, you can´t think about it using long phrases. It´s very difficult to have the right swing.

[@davidbaudouin8073]

This is an amazing cover. my only criticism is the lack of the misplaced snare inbetween beats one and two

[@moritzwerner-qg4zl]

Cool Sound, but all of the Solos where kind of sloppy and directionless. Poor phrasing and too less rhythmic Ideas, if you ask me ( a graduate student from a conservatory). alltough the sax player does a better job than guitar and piano (of course he is the sax player), sometimes even he is lacking the right articulation, to really give his lines some stronger purpose... It's okay, they probably where still learning at that time. Nevertheless it's a nice, enjoyable performance.

[@Vikke95]

Dude that drummer is on point. Good job!

[@javier123454321]

Its crazy how all the comments are complaining. Well guys, looks like everyone in the internet can do this better than you. I'm just here to say good job.

[@marcosmorales545]

Mmmmm, the Guitar player needs to smoke some of the calming plants.

[@toloramanjakaandria3736]

naaaah, too noisy. Why you don't play rock? Leave and forget jazz and funk

[@mcbill7352]

Not the same without the snare playing slightly before beat 2

[@udayatenneti9164]

I watch this so often. One of the greatest drum sessions of chameleon online!

[@greer2402]

wrong drumming, its a jazz funk song not a r & b song

[@rafiquezarim5393]

Take a bow, gentlemen! Certainly one of the more inspired cover of Herbie’s classic that I have come across.

[@sixstarhorizon295]

Awesome drumming dude. I remember jamming this song out with friends once, and finding that the Rosanna half time shuffle goes perfectly over the A section. One of the best songs to jam with people.

[@mitchrogerstudios]

That was what I call a funky, juicy, groovy jam! 😎

[@marquinhus]

Awesome!

[@SouthWell1122]

That’s fire

[@sonorstudio1]

Fresh & Creative !

[@cobra1010]

Fanatastic!

[@ctraltu]

fantastic video

[@jonah_a28]

That drummer is amazing

[@vincentatwood234]

Nice rendition of Chameleon.