Full Concert Video- “Chuck Leavell & His Big Band” live at the Gramercy Theatre, Aug 7

Chuck Leavell and his Big Band | 8/7/19 | Gramercy Theatre

Here is the full concert of “Chuck Leavell & His Big Band” live at the Gramercy Theatre, Aug 7. This concert is a real treat. Chuck performs many of his signature songs from the Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, and some of his own but he goes BIG with the 16 piece “Big Apple, Big Band” which includes many of NYC’s top studio and session musicians. As a special surprise for the audience, for “Honky Tonk Women”, Chuck brought out a few of his bandmates from the Rolling Stones; Charlie Watts on drums, Daryl Jones on bass, Sasha Allen on vocals, Karl Denson on sax, and Matt Clifford on cow bells. It was obvious that Charlie had a blast, Sasha got to shine and belt out the verse, and Karl’s sax solo was electrifying. And Daryl did what Darryl does best- he held down the groove. Throughout the evening, Chuck graciously celebrated the different band members by allowing them each to take their turns at wowing the audience. And that they did. 

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Missing from the set list is Chuck’s true signature song- “Jessica”. For the finale Chuck chose to replace it with Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” which he performed with David Gilmour on his “Live at Pompeii” album. A refreshing surprise for the audience.  

Below we’ve included the set list along with start times for each of the songs. Since Chuck is known to be the patriarch of rock piano improvisation, we have also included the keyboard solo start times for each song; representing a compilation of rock keyboard improvisations. 

The Set List: 

1. Statesboro Blues – Allman Brothers (1:40)
   • Keyboard Solo (5:59)
2. Route 66 – R&B Classic (7:40)
   • Keyboard Solo (10:05)
3. King Grand – Sea Level (12:38)
   • Keyboard Solo (15:42)
4. Living In a Dream -Sea Level (19:44)
   • Keyboard Solo (24:55)

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5. Blue Rose – Chuck Leavell (27:24)
   • Keyboard Solo (32:43)
6. Tumblin’ Dice – Rolling Stones (36:40)
   • Keyboard Solo (38:23 & 39:23)
7. Honky Tonk Women – Rolling Stones (42:37)
   • Keyboard Solo (46:45)

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8. Losing Hand – Ray Charles ( 51:49)
   • Keyboard Solo (53:19)
9. Ashley – Chuck Leavell (56:55)
   • Keyboard Solo ( 59:14)
10. Southbound – Allman Brothers (1:03:55)
    • Keyboard Solo (1:07:20)

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11. Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael (1:09:10)
12. Compared To What – R&B Classic (1:14:56)
    • Keyboard Solo (1:22:05)
13. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd (1:25:05)
    • Keyboard Solo  (1:27:10)

The Big Apple Big Band:

• Bob Malick- Tenor Sax
• John McCurry – Guitar
• Shawn Pelton(SNL) – Drums
• Conrad Korsch – Bass
• Don Harris – Trumpet
• Aaron Heit- Alto Sax
• David Mann- Alton Sax
• Scott Kreitzer – Tenor Sax
• Roger Rosenberg- Baritone sax
• Ryan Keberly – Trombone
• Dan Levine- Trombine
• Jeff Nelson – Bass Trombone
• Nick Marcione – Trumpet
• Tatum Greenblatt- Trumpet
• Fred Nienkirchen – Conductor

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