One third of the followers of this blog are former members of the Ragged Bags...

(Actually, the blog just lost one of its six followers, so now 40% of the followers are former members of the Ragged Bags...)

Which is neither here nor there. Right now I am blogging in a vain attempt to hold onto what's left of my sanity. I would have liked to be at this gig:



Eli Keszler/Adam Bohman/Steve Beresford live at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, 04/01/11

Or at any of the three performances of the musical that Talibam! wrote and performed with Sam Kulik: "Talibam! Goes To Bed with Sam Kulik and Discovers Atlantis" (click on the header and read more, if you care, or dare, to...)

Mea culpa...Happy Belated Birthday to Waldo Drogulus

Yesterday was Waldo Drogulus's birthday, as well as being April Fools Day. Here are some things that might amuse him:



Full Blast Trio

Peter Brötzmann, reeds
Marino Pliakas, bass
Michel Wertmuller, drums
Recorded at Norrköping Museum of Art, Sweden 2011-03-03



extrait du film RAGE ! de Bernard Josse, Photos de Gérard Rouy





This was at 361,136 views when I looked at it last...

Happy Birthday to Ornette Coleman

Born March 9th, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas. By the way, what year was it when he surpassed Miles Davis as the best-dressed man in jazz?



Germany, 1978 (Thanks, Weasel...)
Ornette Coleman: alto saxophone, trumpet
James Blood Ulmer: guitar
Bern Nix: guitar
Fred Williams: bass guitar
Denardo Coleman: drums
Ronald Shannon Jackson: drums

"Macho Woman" live in Germany July 1978



Roma, 1974
Ornette Coleman: saxo ; James Ulmer: guitarra ; Sirone: bajo; Billy Higgins: batería



Ornette in black and white, outside the Beacon Theatre, NYC, 09/10/10

Toronto Basement

Weasel Walter/ Peter Evans/ Mary Halvorson



At least I think it's a basement...

Crinkle Cut is a good cut.

Life and career advice from a man who had played Frankenstein's monster to a man who would play Frankenstein's monster:



"More or less, you know..."



Steve Noble - drums
Fyfe Hutchins - piano
@ the Vortex, London, 12/19/10. Filmed by shuffleboil.

Luvverly. Reminds me of the Steve Beresford/Han Bennink LP, "Directly to Pyjamas."

I could have sworn that I posted this before...

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, "Ant Man Bee" off of "Trout Mask Replica"
Video by alargedog
Rest In Peace, Don Van Vliet

I like the way the doodads fly...

The stridulating sounds of Steve Noble:



Steve Noble @ Boat-ting, London, 11/15/10



Decoy @ the Vortex, 11/20/10
Steve Noble - Drums
John Edwards - Bass
Alexander Hawkins - Hammond Organ

Both shot by Shuffleboil

Yes, they are rockin' it.

Catatumbo : Ingrid Laubrock, Olie Brice, Javier Carmona @ the Vortex, 11/10/10



Ingrid Laubrock, John Edwards, Mark Sanders @ the Vortex, 08/10/10

Both shot by Shuffleboil



The Fearless Four- "Rockin' It"
1982 Enjoy Records.
Side B- "Instrumental".
Musical Accompaniment by Pumpkin & Friends.
Music based on Kraftwerk- "The Man Machine".
Produced by Bobby Robinson.
They also brought us "F-4000" & "Problems Of The World" & "Fearless Freestyle".
Old School New York Electro / Rap!

Should Bbob and I grow our hair long again, or wear wigs?

The Tom Rainey Trio was one of Nate Scheible's touchstones when forming his new band...\

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at Jazz and More festival, Sibiu, Romania, 10/17/10.

Tom Rainey - drums
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Ingrid Laubrock - tenor saxophone

Thanks to jaddmec

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"

"I see longer arrows are back in fashion..."

N.E.W. @ Music Unlimited 24, Wels, Austria, 11/07/10
Steve Noble - Drums
John Edwards - Bass
Alex Ward - Guitar



Chris Corsano, John Edwards,Paul Dunmall @ Music Unlimited 24, Wels, Austria, 11/07/10

Both shot by Shuffleboil

Sax's Birthday

Seymour Wright, Martin Küchen, Keith Rowe



Darius Jones Quartet At Roulette New York July 2010
Darius Jones Matt Mitchell Trevor Dunn and Ches Smith

Film: Simon J Harper



Nate Scheible & Dan Wenninger Duo at Bela Dubby

Space Travel, Time Travel, We Do It All

Peter Brötzmann - "German Blues"

Full Blast!

Please pardon my long absence; I just got back from my space-cation...
To help make up for it, here's some brand-new footage of Peter Brötzmann and Full Blast:



@ A38, budapest 2010



F16 taking off with afterburner switched on and doing a few loopings.

Presented at the Airshow in Berlin-Schönefeld on May, 20th 2006 near the airport.

If you have a subwoofer, turn the volume up to full blast and enjoy the roaring afterburner sound. while annoying your neighbours! ;-)

Sound distortion occurs at 0:14, no faulty camera microphone!

Do not attempt to annoy your neighbours! ;-}

Shuffleboil presents Straight Horns & Tubs

Steve Noble (drums), Shabaka Hutchings (clarinet) @ Boat-ting, 07/05/10



Paul Dunmall (soprano sax) (also tenor), Chris Corsano (drums) @ Cafe Oto, London, 07/23/10



Lol Coxhill (ss), Steve Noble (dr), John Edwards (bass) @ Boat-ting, London, 08/02/10

So fresh and so clean

Andrew D'Angelo leads his big band through a blazing version of his song "Gay Disco"...I'm tired listening to it, let alone having to play it.



At the Bleecker Theatre, NYC, May 2010

“The artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP-Disk."

And, for a limited time, you can get those sounds cheaper...with the ESP-disk Summer Sale, which runs through Monday, August 9th. Includes the Albert Ayler "Holy Ghost" box set, nine CDs plus book, for $40.00, a slew of CDs for $6.50 and $9.00, even some vintage vinyl (I almost wrote "even a seal" from the 70s commercial for the clothing stud kit: "Seven free patterens; patterens like owl, mushroom, star, guitar, male-female symbol, even a seal!" Yes, the announcer couldn't pronounce 'patterns'...)





(From Alan Roth's "Inside Out In The Open," an hour-long documentary on DVD, included in the sale)



ESP 4058 Paul Dunmall & Chris Corsano - "Identical Sunsets"



Giuseppi Logan - "Mantu"
Giuseppi Logan: alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Milford Graves: drums, percussion
Reggie Johnson: bass
Don Pullen: piano
recorded 01/05/65, Town Hall, NYC


from "More" (ESP 1013)

The Ex & Brass Unbound

RAUCHVERBOT mit cowbell...



the ex & brass unbound @ konfrontationen 2010, http://www.muzicadevest.ro

The Ex & Brass Unbound - UK Tour - Long from Mintonfilm on Vimeo.

Christine Sehnaoui & Andy Moor
Konfrontationen 2010, shot by Shuffleboil

Like a stripped-down Roxy Music,

like a bride re-dressed by her bachelors, even, Kurzmann & Vandermark & Brandlmayr at Konfrontationen 2010:



Click on the header for a slew of clips from the Konfrontationen festival, shot by MuzicaDeVest...

Call Him Ishmael

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith recently had a residency at the Cafe Oto in London. Here are a couple of clips shot by Shuffleboil:



Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith & Pat Thomas at Cafe Oto, 07/25/10



Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith & Mark Sanders at Cafe Oto ,07/24/10