LOOSE WILLIS IS A NEW ORLEANS JAZZ/FUNK EXPERIENCE LED BY BASSIST AND SUPER-COMPOSER MILES HANCOCK. SOMETIMES A FULL LIVE BAND....SOMETIMES A MIND ALTERING VHS + TELVESION PERFORMANCE. THEIR UNIQUE BRAND OF “UNKNOWN GENRE” SCREAMS FOR MERCY FROM A BOTTOMLESS PIT OF POP, R&B, & MODERN JAZZ. THIS HIGH-ENERGY BAND SAFELY TRANSPORTS THE LISTENER TO UNCHARTED TERRITORY WITH POP, R&B, AND MODERN UNDERGROUND ELEMENTS FEATURING AN ALL-STAR CAST COMPRISED OF NEW ORLEANS’S PREMIER JAZZ AND FUTURE STYLES ARTISTS. THE SONGWRITING IS MATCHED WITH EXTENDED SOLOS AND IMPROVISATION. MILES DESCRIBES THE BAND AS, “JAZZ BUT NOT. THERE ARE SONGS AND IT’S FUN. THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU — ESPECIALLY THE SAD PARTS”.
this is new music. no appropriated 70s funk or regurgitated jock pop
new orleans & miami
live? you get what you get. usually horns, voice, bass, synthesizers, drum set, vocoder, e-guitar, VHS + television
miles hancock involves any combination of players: mckenna, peter, anthony, jeronne, georgi, yirmey, + friendz