It's Improvi-mental!
Bembe Segue. (Photo from somewhere in Belgium.)
From today's interview with the keen-minded Bembe Segue ("British broken-beat diva", playing this weekend at Harbourfront) by Tim Perlich in Now:
"What I do is kind of similar to what a freestyle rapper does, or perhaps a jazz improvimentalist... wait, heh heh, that isn't a real word, is it? But I want to get the 'mentalist' bit in there because you practically need to be a mind reader to keep up with [bassist] Mark [De Clive-Lowe]."
Zap! And with that the language is enriched 100 per cent. No doubt she was subconsciously portmanteauing "improvisor" and "instrumentalist," but "improvimentalist" is such an improvement (notice what I did there?) on any previously devised term for a jazz-improv player that I henceforth decree it standard usage. Everyone adopt it! We'll get it into the dictionary!
With a name like Bembe Segue, no wonder she's got such a fine ear for the lingo.
| Posted by zoilus on Thursday, July 06 at 11:27 PM | Linking Posts | Comments (2)
COMMENTS
It sounds vaguely like a special kind of conjuror, or like a stage hypnotist. In the future, I will try my best to become an improvimentalist!
Posted by Michelangelo on July 13, 2006 7:32 AM
Hey Carl,
I'll see what I can do to spread this word. It's funny how words are borne out of unconscious necessity.
As for Bembe Segue herself, I've been a fan for a while and it was good to see her perform at the show on Sunday with de Clive Lowe I don't think they got as loose as they wanted to, or as much as the article may have implied. Nevertheless it was a very good show
Posted by Del on July 12, 2006 10:00 PM