The Cosmo Sessions … what are your favorites?

[Tusk]

Looking back on all the performances I've watched, and especially because I've heard LU songs so much at this point, I have to agree, I've found myself enjoying the 'newer' 'fresher' performances (for me).

I've said many times that I'm a noobie at 'Jazz appreciation' so I think I might have to vote for their Jazz performances. The biggest thing that comes to mind is Haley letting 'her boys' take the reigns, show more of what they got for us. It might have been a necessity since they played longer sets, and not confined to only 30 minutes or 40 minutes at a time.
So maybe a combination of needing to fill the time and no longer being restrained by whatever limitations they had previously, resulted in a more free flowing and relaxed feeling of the performances.

Even though she didn't give me much notice, I was so glad to have recorded 'Moanin'' from the second night. Haley's scat was more playful, sensual and uninhibited. I also loved what Keith and Courtney did in that song.

Like Swansteel had posted earlier, I found myself closing my eyes so I could listen more intently to the music, taking in what it was doing to my body as I swayed, bobbed my head and tapped my feet (on the second night, when I wasn't recording).

In the Jazz playground, they performed as a band in waters they were familiar with, which resulted in an exceptional outcome.