Blueberry

Gettin ready for our gig next week....

Upcoming gig: 5/25

As the original Know-It-All, I'll be playing with Marisa Ronstadt and the Know-It-Alls on Friday May 25th. This is to raise some money in order to finish our album. Great lineup, great giveaways, come on out!

Friday May 25th, 9 PM

Marisa Ronstadt and the Know-It-Alls

Fais Do Do

5257 W. Adams Blvd

LA 90016 

$10

w/ Cambalache, Maya Jupiter, Quetzal

Raffle items from Araceli Silva, Ilaments and more!

Bread Pudding Experiment

Bread and raisins ready to go.

Wet ingredients added, sitting in water bath.

Out of the oven!

With the bourbon sauce!

The Notes

AM417

A new fragment. We'll see if it goes anywhere....

Last Time Revision

It looks like there was some confusion about our performance tonight at the Battery Books and Music. We will be starting at about 8 PM. This should be set in stone now!

Alexander Vogel - saxes
Dan Clucas - trumpet
Jeff Schwartz - bass
Jeremy Keller - Guitar
Rich West - drumset

***8 PM***

The Battery Books and Music
1005B Mission St.
South Pasadena CA
626-376-9913
Free

Performing the music of Ayler, Coleman, Holland, Lacy, Monk. Below is Mr. Ayler to tide you over.

Easter Ham

I know a ham is pre-cooked, but smoking one adds great flavor. I ditched the provided glaze and made a maple bourbon one instead. No real maple syrup on hand, so I used pancake syrup. No complaints!

Art of Love is Happiness

While rehearsing for an upcoming gig with Dan Clucas, Jeff Schwartz, Alexander Vogel, and Rich West I was reacquainted with The Art of Love is Happiness, an Ornette Coleman composition that may have been my favorite on the In All Languages album. There is a nice version of it below, but you can also come out and see the five of us play it as well as compositions by Steve Lacy, Albert Ayler, Dave Holland, and Thelonius Monk:

Thursday April 12, 8 PM

The Battery Books and Music

1005B Mission St.

South Pasadena CA

626-376-9913

Free

Dead Air Trio: the final installment

Here's the final installment of the second set at J. Michael Walker's studio. Gets a little more active, with some great trumpet to open up the first couple of minutes. There's some faux-bass by me about 1/2 way through and Brian picks things up as well.  A good end to the set.

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Dead Air Trio: 2nd Set at J. Michael Walker's Studio, part 3 of 4

Here's part 3! Starts real slow and quiet, lots of other voices in it too. Compelling footage of me rummaging around in my bag. Cool muted stuff by Dan at the end. This really was background music.

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Dead Air Trio: 2nd Set at J. Michael Walker's Studio, part 2 of 4

Here's the second of the four installments of this video. Lots of bird interaction on this one. You'll also see a lot of people walking through the performance space. While this can sometimes be annoying, on this day we were happy to be part of the whole landscape with all of the people, art, and animals. Dan described it like being part of one of Stockhausen's outdoor performances.

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Dead Air Trio: 2nd Set at J. Michael Walker's Studio

Here is the first of four installments of the second set of the Dead Air Trio's performance at artist J. Michael Walker's studio. This was part of the Arroyo Arts Collective's annual self guided tour.  For those who like, quiet, slow free improvisation.

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