The Gilmour Project has announced their debut livestream, which will take place on June 24 at 7 p.m. PT. The new band is made up of: Jeff Pevar (guitar), Kasim Sulton (bass), Prairie Prince (drums), Mark Karan (guitar) and Scott Guberman (keyboards). The band will explore the music of David Gilmour’s Pink Floyd repertoire.
The band, according to a press release, was “poised and to launch” in April of 2020, but plans were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “They re-emerge in 2021 pivoting to David Gilmour’s Pink Floyd repertoire,” continued the release. “The songs that compel exploration & improvisation are mainly Gilmour’s and this rendition certainly does not dismiss the iconic contributions of all 5 historic musicians that comprise the Pink Floyd complement.”
The press release also notes that The Gilmour Project is the “descendant” of Blue Floyd, the early 2000s group made up of Allen Woody, Matt Abts, Marc Ford, Berry Oakley Jr. and Johnny Neel. That group strove to take Floyd tunes to improvisational places influenced by jazz; The Gilmour Project aims to do the same. “The Gilmour Project incorporates musicians whose background is both prog(ressive) AND improvisational, and is the only band since Blue Floyd in 2000, endeavoring to take these songs ‘OUT,’ speaking in jazz protocol, without disregarding the cherished classic hooks, licks & musical phrases,” read the press release.
The June 24 livestream will take place at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Calif. The band also has noted that January tour dates are on the way, with an announcement coming in June.
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Fred
May 23, 2021 at 6:27 pmI don’t understand how one can sustain the argument that “the songs that compel exploration and improvisation are mainly Gilmour’s.”
Below is a small sample of Pink Floyd songs that I believe would lend themselves to jamming. (Any such list will be subjective and incomplete.) I included songwriting credits.
“Careful with that Axe, Eugene”: Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright
“Shine on You Crazy Diamond”: Gilmour, Waters, Wright
“Interstellar Overdrive”: Barrett, Mason, Waters, Wright
“Echoes”: Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright
“Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”: Waters
“A Saucerful of Secrets”: Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright
“Comfortably Numb”: Gilmour, Waters
“Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)”: Waters
“One of these Days”: Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright
“Astronomy Domine”: Barrett
“Any Colour You Like”: Gilmour, Mason, Wright
“The Great Gig in the Sky”: Wright, Torry
“On the Run”: Gilmour, Waters
“Us and Them”: Waters, Wright
“Sheep”: Waters
“Fearless”: Gilmour, Waters
“Mudmen”: Gilmour, Wright
“Fat Old Sun”: Gilmour
“Obscured by Clouds”: Gilmour, Waters
“When You’re In”: Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright
“Absolutely Curtains”: Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright
“Pow R. Toc H.”: Barrett, Mason, Waters, Wright
In my opinion, Pink Floyd’s greatest jam vehicles mainly are collaborative works. Some were Waters or Gilmour or Barrett compositions.
Gilmour is an amazing musician. His contributions are many and outstanding. But his songs typically had co-writers. I don’t think that we can call him the author of Pink Floyd’s farthest-ranging pieces.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
JB
May 17, 2021 at 8:49 amBlue Floyd at the Majestic in Detroit is in my top 10 for sure. Matt abts and allen woody ripping up floyd! And johnny neels keys! Damn that was the shit! I’m on board for this round, but it ain’t gonna touch blue floyd!
me
May 15, 2021 at 5:12 pmBlue Floyd… that just might have been the pinnacle of the jamband scene days. Certainly lots of options at that point in time… looking forward to what this might offer
KB
May 16, 2021 at 9:45 pmBlue Floyd was bad af. Saw them only once and they were on a different level.