Soulive is definitely one of my favorite jazz/funk groups, and “outrage” is one of my favorite tunes by them. It has a very cool rock oriented feel with the pentatonic-y guitar riff. I believe theres also the hendrix- dominant-sharp9 chord used as a big part of the riff which emphasizes the rock roots of the tune. Eric Krasno is also one of my favorite guitarists because he manages to combine bebop blues and rock styles seamlessly in his solos. For example, his run at 3:13 is very typical of modal tunes, but his run at 3:21 is very typical of the blues idiom. Neal Evans is also an amazing keyboard player but he unfortunately did not take a solo in this clip. However, the really cool bass-grooves all courtesy of him as this group is technically an organ trio, so the organ player has to play all the bass parts also.
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