Flea was a visitor on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon final night time, March 23, the place he carried out a bass-and-trumpet jazz rendition of Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You” that seems on his forthcoming solo debut, Honora. The backing band featured three-fourths of Jeff Parker’s ETA IVtet—bassist Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson on keyboards, and Parker himself.
During a sit-down interview with Fallon, Flea, whose first instrument was the trumpet, advised the story of assembly legendary jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie as a child. He additionally mentioned the impetus behind Honora: “A few years ago I decided ‘I’m just gonna play trumpet every day, no matter what, and after a couple years of doing it I’m gonna make a record, and whatever comes comes.’” Watch Flea on Fallon under.
Honora is out this Friday, March 27. In addition to Flea’s “Thinkin Bout You” cowl, the LP contains the singles “Traffic Light,” which was co-written with Thom Yorke, and “A Plea.”
“When [Channel Orange] came out, it really blew me away,” Flea beforehand mentioned in a press assertion. “I loved it so much and still do. Just one of those real watershed moment records for me. ‘Thinkin Bout You’ is one of the many great songs on that record, and I thought it would be fun to play on trumpet.”
Read about “Thinkin Bout You” at No. 5 in The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s.
