As Albert Ayler once sang...

There's a New Generation. Of course, that New Generation is kind of old by now, but there's a new New Generation:



Little Huey's Sextet + @ Campos Plaza playground, NYC, 06/21/10

Lewis Barnes - trumpet
Asim Barnes - guitar
Shayna Dulberger - bass
William Parker - horn thing & composition
Gerald Cleaver - drums
? - vocals
Children - Percussion and vocals

Filmed by Shuffleboil. I was wondering why he hadn't posted anything recently; I guess it's because he was on his way to New York...and here is some stuff he shot in my old neighborhood:



Chris Lightcap's Big Mouth @ Red Hook Festival, Brooklyn, 06/20/10
Chris Lightcap - bass
Chris Cheek - Sax
Craig Taborn - Fender Rhodes
Gerald Cleaver - Drums
Tony Malaby - Sax

Some American Freedom Music

For this weekend...



Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel
Live at the Yippie Cafe, NYC, on Tuesday, 06/15/10
Part IV - 'Mystic Mountain'
L-R: Takuma Kanaiwa - Electric Guitar; Marc Edwards - Drums, Twirling Tubes, & Bells; Gene Janas - Bass, Tor Snyder - Electric Guitar

Dot Stuff

Mary Halvorson discusses her guitars and guitar-playing in a couple of new videos courtesy of Gearwire:





"Be sure to spot Mary's hidden superpower - the ability to spontaneously wear a jacket."

Also, Stop! Everyone WILL be searched for beer and liquor...

(Click on the header for a pic of Mary as a suedehead.)

(Also, you can have a crutch WITH ornamentation on it, like jewels or sequins.)