A Dogon good groove...

Versions of Julius Hemphill's "Dogon A.D.":



First ten minutes of the album "Dogon A.D". Recorded in 1972
Julius Hemphill - alto sax, flute
Baikida E.J. Carroll - trumpet
Abdul Wadud - cello
Philip Wilson - drums



Defunkt - "Dogon A.D." - Live in Stuttgart 1996



pianist Vijay Iyer, double bassist Stephan Crump & drummer Marcus Gilmore play "Dogon A.D"

Space Travel, Time Travel, We Do It All

Peter Brötzmann - "German Blues"

Must bust in early May

Or possibly Free Games for May...films courtesy of Helen Petts:



John Butcher (saxophones), Okkyung Lee (cello) and - in the dark - Christian Marclay (turntables) and Steve Beresford (electronics). Cafe Oto, London, 05/07/10.



Beresford & Marclay



Lee & Beresford, 05/08/10



Lee & Marclay, 05/07/10



Marclay & Butcher, 05/07/10

"Eric!"

Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop

Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-Les-Pins, France, 07/13/60

Ted Curson (tpt); Eric Dolphy (as); Booker Ervin (ts); Charles Mingus (bass, pno); Dannie Richmond (dr); Bud Powell (pno).



Eric Dolphy - "Epistrophy" -
ERIC DOLPHY(as･bcl･fl)
MISHA MENGELBERG（p）
JACQUES SCHOLS（b）
HAN BENNINK（ds）

Recorded at Hilversum,Holland, 06/02/64



Broohaha - "The Eric Dolphy Shopping Spree" - Pulse Bar, Barnsley, 02/18/10

The title comes from an anecdote that Kyle Farrell (click on the header) told me about a visit to NY; he was outside The Stone when a guy walked by carrying a 'cello, and, thinking it might be Erik Friedlander, he hollered "Erik!"

Christmastime is here...

And it may sound a bit strange in London...



Hannah Marshall ( cello ) / Roger Turner ( percussion ) / Tim Hodgkinson ( clarinet ) @ Mopomoso Christmas Special, the Vortex, 12/20/09. Filmed by Shuffleboil.



Tania Chen ( piano ) / Lol Coxhill ( sax ) / Dominic Lash ( bass )



Eugene Martynec ( electronics ) / Adrian Northover ( sax ) / Adam Bohman ( electronics )



Marillsa Gouvea ( voice ) / Macio Mattos ( bass ) / Rodrigo Montoya ( shamisen ) Terry Day ( balloons and recorders )

In Ulrichsberg...

Hans Reichel, Festival Phonomanie, Ulrichsberg, 12/06/09



Gunter Christmann, Mats Gustafsson, Paul Lovens - Ulrichsberg, 12/04/09



John Russell, Festival Phonomanie, Ulrichsberg, 12/05/09

All shot by Shuffleboil...

Krakow killed Apple Jack

Brought to you in glorious heads-in-the-way-o-vision:



Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet Live at Manggha Krakow

Dry Ice, Baby!

Friction Brothers (Michael Colligan, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang) at the Strobe studio

Hana Bi Combos, thanks to Shuffleboil

07/17/09 at Cafe Oto, London. with Roger Turner, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Chino Shuichi, Shabaka Hutchings, Dominic Lash, and Benedict Drew.



07/18/09 at Cafe Oto, London. with Roger Turner, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Chino Shuichi, Kaffe Mathews, Hannah Marshall, Alan Tomlinson.



07/19/09 at Cafe Oto, London. with Roger Turner, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Chino Shuichi, Phil Minton,Lol Coxhill.

Let's begin with a drum solo!

The Vandermark 5 Special Edition, Green Mill, Chicago on June 19th '09
(Magnus Broo/trumpet, Tim Daisy/drums, Kent Kessler/bass, Fred Lonberg-Holm/cello & electronics, Dave Rempis/alto & baritone, Ken Vandermark/tenor & Bb clarinet, Haavard Wiik/piano)

Magnus Broo solo: