The Instigator

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“The Instigator” was inspired by a great Japanese band called Soil and Pimp Sessions that played right before RGP one year at the JZ Festival in Shanghai.
The band had this great raw energy and moreover, they had this guy in the band who didn’t play any instrument,
he just walked around stage yelling stuff, getting the band and the audience pumped up.
He wasn’t playing anything but he was definitely part of the band, was part of that energy.
He was the instigator. So I wrote this song to capture that frenetic energy.
We usually play “The Instigator” at the beginning of each RGP set to hit the ground running!
There’s a killing saxophone solo by Alec Haavik and a guitar solo as well. Super fun tune to work on those fast and funky comping chops!

Guitar 吉他: Lawrence Ku 顧忠山 (USA)
Trumpet 小號: Dan Feng Hu 胡丹峰 (China) / Toby Mak (Australia)
Tenor Sax 次中音薩克斯: Alec Haavik 阿雷克 (USA)
Trombone 長號: Kevin Hu 胡清文 (China)
Keyboards 鍵盤: Sean Higgins (USA)
Bass 貝斯: E.J. Parker (USA)
Drums 鼓: Chris Trzcinski (USA) / Nicholas McBride (Australia)
Percussion 打擊樂器: Leonardo Susi (Brazil)