Welcome, Neil.

I so seldom have a new follower that I thought I'd take this opportunity to welcome Neil Packer (click on the header) with a Neil-centric post...



Neil Diamond, "The Pot Smoker's Song," from "Velvet Gloves and Spit"



Jim Dvorak, Neil Metcalfe, John Edwards, Dave Fowler
Dvorak (trumpet), Metcalfe (flute), Fowler (drums) and Edwards (bass) at Mopomoso free improvisation night at the Vortex Jazz Club, London. Filmed by Helen Petts on 04/19/09



Blood Stereo with Neil Campbell at Rowf Rowf Rowf Fest in Manchester, August '09



Neil Landstrumm, "Sniff And Destroy"

I don't have much to say about...

the recently deceased Dennis Hopper, but I won't pass up an opportunity to put up some beatnik jazz combo music, especially if it's in a cellar joint. It would have been even better if they could have gotten Steve Lacy or Ornette...



Dennis Hopper and Linda Lawson in Curtis Harrington's "Night Tide" (1961, the upside-down year)

Here's some more common Bug Melter fare:



Diagram A Live @ basement show in Providence, R.I.



Tiger Hatchery, 05/09/09 @ Now That's Class Champagne Of Fests
Shot by Loumnz

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...

Born on 03/04

Halim, El-Dabh, composer, born on 03/04/1921:



Angus MacLise, musician and poet, born 03/04/38:



Angus MacLise - Drum Solo (NYC 1968) from "Brain Damage In Oklahoma City"

Jan Garbarek, musician, born 03/04/47:



Jan Garbarek - "Beast of Kommodo" from "Afric Pepperbird" (1970)
Jan Garbarek (Sax, Flute)
Arild Andersen (Bass, Xylophone, Piano),
Terje Rypdal (Guitar, Bugle),
Jon Christensen (Drums, Perc.),

Buck 65 (Richard Terfry ), rapper, songwriter, born 03/04/72:



Buck 65, "Food," video by Deanvideo

El-P (Jaime Meline), rapper, producer, born 03/04/75:



"Sunrise Over Brooklyn," El-P featuring The Blue Series Continuum Services

People at the Foot of the Mountain*...

...have been stopping by here recently to check out Roscoe Mitchell and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, so I thought I'd put up a few more things that I've stumbled upon.







From the "Jazz Solos" series by Daniel K. Berman



Roscoe Mitchell + Muhal Richard Abrams + George Lewis

Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell have a new album out on Mutable Music. For more info, click on the header.

*From Piemonte/Piedmont in Italia/Italy.

"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!"

Waiting for Mary

Marc Ribot with Sun Ship (Mary Halvorson, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor).
Rose Live Music, Brooklyn, 08/26/09




Mary Halvorson - guitar, John Hebert - bass, Ches Smith - drums. From a live performance at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Thursday, August 6th, 2009. Compositions by Mary Halvorson.
(Who knew that M.C. Hammer had a museum?)



Blarvuster - "Jigs"
Live at The Kitchen,Friday, 09/18/09

Matthew Welch (bagpipes)
Leah Paul (flutes)
Max Mandel (viola)
Mary Halvorson (guitar)
Ian Riggs (bass)
Tomas Fujiwara (drums)

(Are the bagpipes sharp, or is everyone else flat?)