Flea He was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 23. The bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers offered a jazz performance with bass and trumpet of the song “Thinkin Bout You” by Frank Ocean.
As we already knew, this version of Ocean will be part of the upcoming solo debut of Flea, “Honor”. The artist’s backing band included three-quarters of the ETA IVtet of Jeff Parker: the bassist Anna Butters, Josh Johnson on keyboards and Parker himself.
During the interview with American presenter Jimmy Fallon, Flearecalled how he met the legendary jazz trumpeter as a child Dizzy Gillespie. He also talked about the origin of “Honor”: “A few years ago I decided that I was going to play the trumpet every day, no matter what, and that after a couple of years I would record an album, no matter what came out.”
“Honor” It is published this Friday, March 27. In addition to the version of “Thinkin Bout You,” the album includes the single “Traffic Light,” co-written with Thom Yorkeand “A Plea”.
“When he came out “Channel Orange” (by Frank Ocean), it completely blew me away,” Flea previously explained in a statement. “I loved it then and I still love it. It was one of those albums that marks a before and after for me. “Thinkin Bout You” is one of the many great songs on it, and I thought it would be fun to perform it on the trumpet,” the singer added.
