Git-boxes, etc.

Paul G. Smith (piano) and John Russell (guitar) at Mopomoso free improvisation night at the Vortex Jazz Club, London. Filmed by Helen Petts on 03/21/10.



Pascal Marzan at Mopomoso free improvisation night at the Vortex Jazz Club, London. Filmed by Helen Petts on 03/21/10.



DJ /rupture & Andy Moor: Live Improvisation on guitar + turntables. Recorded in Orleans France, March 2007. Slideshow fotos by Andy Moor.

Parker/Bailey can't lose:



Derek Bailey and Evan Parker, 04/22/85, The Arts Theatre - Incus Festival London, England

Nor can Bailey/Stevens:

Another Kind of Drum 'n' Bass

Brötzmann / 本田 / 田中 / 荒巻 / Nicholson - SuperDeluxeでBrötzFest 2009

最初のセット：
Peter Brötzmann (saxophone)
本田珠也 (drums)
田中徳崇 (drums)
荒巻茂生 (contrabass)
Todd Nicholson (contrabass)

Courtesy of Merzbird

And another:




Dominik Burkhalter plays the drums on the roof at Orchard Street, Lower East Side, NYC, 09/03/08

I enjoyed this performance

(At least I enjoyed these little films of this performance, presented here in reverse order.)



Cut Paste Featuring Weasel Walter,



Peter Evans,



Cory Smythe, Steve Lehman



@ Le Poisson Rouge, NY, 03/16/10

Shot by MarcEdwards5050

But then again, I am also enjoying researching videos by Wendy & Lisa...

The Ex and Brass Unbound

The Ex & Brass Unbound, Bristol, Fleece, 01/29/10, the first gig of their U.K. tour



Here they are in Birmingham, at the Hare and Hounds, on 02/01/10. Dig Mats Gustafsson dumping the excess saliva from his baritone sax. This song has a "Fiery Jack" vibe to it, though not exactly...



UPDATE: This has been a pretty popular post (though not as popular as TheHoundblog's Jane Birkin posts), so I thought I'd throw a little more in...



Lean Left (The Ex Guitars Meet Vandermark / Nilssen-Love Duo) @ Gromka, video courtesy of plizzzzzz.



The Ex in "Beautiful Frenzy" (2004), by Christina Hallström and Mandra U. Wabäck

And Mats G. and Ken V. with Zu, in 2005:

WHOOSHtap in B&W

Frank Rosaly solo : Milkwork. Recorded at Modified in Phoenix, AZ. Filmed by Derek A. Welte

9/10

Born on 01/09/14, Kenny Clarke (born Kenneth Spearman Clarke, nicknamed "Klook", and later known as Liaqat Ali Salaam, one of the drum greats:





Max Roach, born on 01/10/24, another of the drum greats:







Max Roach under the watchful eyes of Elvin Jones...

Video of the Year

Ny Musikk invited Norwegian drum hero Paal Nilssen-Love to make a ringtone for mobilephones. Here is a clip of him at work! From www.nymusikk.no