Pavement live at at Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany (03/06/1994)
“Two camera fan-shot (one back, one side). Cams were edited and enhanced with soundboard feed and cam audio.”
Setlist:
Pueblo
Gold Soundz
Silence Kit
5 – 4 = Unity
Cut Your Hair
Elevate Me Later
Newark Wilder
Debris Slide
Trigger Cut
Two States
Brinx Job
Unfair
Heaven is a Truck
Box Elder
Stop Breathing
In the Mouth of the Desert
Forklift
Fillmore Jive
You know what they say: “Don’t read the books if you don’t want to know.”
OK, I’ve never heard anyone actually say that, but I’ve been reading a lot of Grateful Dead material lately. I read Phil Lesh’s book, then Billy’s book, and now I’m reading Garcia: An American Life. Anyway, Billy’s book left me conflicted. On one hand, you read the book to hear the thoughts of the people involved, and then sometimes you’re sorry you did.
But whatever I may have thought of the book of the personality Billy projected through it, he has been behind the drumkit for some of my most favorite music ever. Bill Kreutzmann recently celebrated his 75th birthday with a string of three live-streamed show with his band Billy and the Kids. Two of those shows have appeared at the Live Music Archive and are definitely worth your time and I wish him nothing but the best and I wish everyday was Bill Kreutzmann’s birthday, because all of this is great.
As if Billy on drums, Reed Mathis on bass and Billy Strings wasn’t enough, how about saxophone?! No? Still not enough? How about appearances from Santana?! If that’s not enough, you’re in the wrong place. Anyway, here’s the two live sets from the Archive and some videos that I’ve been hanging out with.
Billy and the Kids (05/07/21):
Billy and the Kids (05/08/21):
Players:
Aron Magner – Keyboards, Vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Billy Strings - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals
James Casey - Sax
Reed Mathis – Bass, Vocals
Tom Hamilton – Guitar, Lead Vocals
As if all of that goodness wasn’t already enough, THERE’S VIDEO!
"Mississippi Half-Step"
“Help on The Way" and more”
“China Cat Sunflower”
“Tangled up In Blue”
Billy & The Kids ft. Carlos Santana, Billy Strings - "Scarlett Begonia's" and "Iko "Iko"
“Ripple”
KEXP presents Yo La Tengo performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded on January 18, 2013.
Setlist:
I'll Be Around
The Point of It
Ohm
Before We Run
Important People:
Host: Kevin Cole
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Scott Holpainen
“Watch the world's reigning pipa virtuoso play ancient music from her Chinese homeland in the NPR Music offices. When her fingers start to fly, Wu Man can create scenes of cinematic grandeur or serene, moonlit moments.”
Setlist:
"Ambushed From All Sides"
"Night Thoughts"
"White Snow In Spring"
KEXP “presents Jupiter & Okwess performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 15, 2018.”
Setlist:
Ofakomolo
Nzele Momi
Musonsu
Ekombe
Important People:
Host: Darek Mazzone
Audio Engineers: Francois Gouverneur & Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore
Shabaka and The Ancestors :: Live at the NTS Live at Jazz Cafe (2017). Sorry, I don’t know much else about this show. The Youtube page doesn’t include any further information or setlist.
Oh well.
Enjoy.
EOTO is the electronic improvisational duo of Michael Travis and Jason Hann (Both of String Cheese Incident). Sonic Bloom is a CO music festival. This was 2014. It’s all live and improvised, so I don’t think there’s a setlist. That’s about all I know. You?
“The full live set video was premiered on the evening before the annual Piano Day worldwide celebrations (March 29th). The motivation to make the recording of the live performances which became the release ‘Live from Studio S2’ came from the invitation from the Berlinale Film Festival.”
Hania says:
“I decided to rearrange some of my favourite songs, which I have been performing live for years. Recorded live and captured in the iconic Studio S2, one of the recording studios of Polish Radio in Warsaw. The hall is fully covered with light wood, which reminds me of other Radio Studios all around the world - like Funkhaus in Berlin for example. There is a kind of intimacy when playing the little piano in this huge and also very high venue.”
Setlist:
Hawaii Oslo
Glass
Leaving
Buka
Important People and Facts:
The session was filmed by Rani’s long time collaborators - Mateusz Miszczyński, recorded by Agata Dankowska, mixed by Piotr Wieczorek and mastered by Zino Mikorey. Recorded live on the 4th of February 2021 in Warsaw.
I have no idea who/what GrooveTV was/is, but I do know that I dig early 00’s STS9 set from The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA; 12/5/02.
I’ll be honest and say that this is not a band I know well, nor have I really followed them much beyond the little pocket of shows I’ve heard. So, I don’t know if the setlist is correct or not, but one of the YouTube comments lists:
Setlist:
Satori, ?, Grow, New song > Tap In, Baraka II: Moonsockets, ?, STS9 Ramone > Eb > Emiglio E: Circus, What is love?
You know it’s good when it includes a “?”. Some of you may know more details about this show, and I’m glad to hear them if you do. But otherwise, just enjoy.
Thelonious Monk Quartet, live in Amiens, France, 1966. This show is often referenced as part of the “Gordon Skene Sound Collection.”
Maison de la Culture, Amiens, France, March 23, 1966.
Setlist:
Blue Monk
Crepuscule With Nellie
Rhythm-A-Ning
Hackensack
Epistrophy
Evidence
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Round Midnight
Epistrophy
Players:
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Rouse
Larry Gales
Ben Riley
Soulive live with Maceo Parker. Live at: New Orleans, LA, Mardi Gras World - Fiya Fest - Flame Stage.
Players:
Eric Krasno - guitar
Neal Evans - keyboards
Alan Evans - drums
Guests:
Ryan Zoidis - saxophone
Eric Bloom - trumpet
Maceo Parker - saxophone, vocals
Nigel Hall - keyboards
The good fellows over at Wilco recently posted solo improvised sets by Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, and Glenn Kotche for Experimental Sound Studio on Twitch. You could go over and watch them there, but come on, you know you’d rather just hang out here and watch them all in one place.
Experimental_Sound_Studio went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Music VOD now.
Experimental_Sound_Studio went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Music VOD now.
Experimental_Sound_Studio went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Music VOD now.
“Oct. 27, 2017 | Felix Contreras -- Natalia Lafourcade is a successful singer-songwriter whose voice and music live on the edge of pop, but maintain a distinct independence.”
Setlist:
"Soledad y el Mar"
"Mi Tierra Veracruzana"
"Tú Sí Sabes Quererme"
“A few years ago, while Lafourcade was traveling Brazil, she felt a great nostalgia for her native Mexico and its folk music. When she finally returned home, she immediately called some friends for the kind of party that is ubiquitous in Latin America: lots of social drinking, lots of food and lots of guitars and singing. Classic folk songs were on the playlist and a good time was had by all.
Someone recorded the informal jam session and Lafourcade's management team heard the tapes. "This is your next record!" they told her.
That record, Musas: Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de los Macorinos, Vol. 1, was a commercial and critical hit, and received a Latin Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. It only made sense for Lafourcade to bring her Musas tour to the Tiny Desk. The performances are an ode to a magical time in Mexican popular music, one that is revived with every note this singer and her band perform.
One important historical note: The two older gentlemen on the video are Juan Carlos Allende and Miguel Peña, two revered musicians who played with the iconic ranchera singer Chavela Vargas.”
“This concert was recorded on Sunday 18 July 1982 at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Carroussel Hall of the Congresgebouw, The Hague, The Netherlands by AVRO Television.”
“The Jazztet was a jazz sextet, co-founded in 1959 by trumpeter Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, always featuring the founders along with a trombonist and a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. The original Jazztet lasted until 1962, and helped to launch the careers of pianist McCoy Tyner and trombonist Grachan Moncur III. In 1982 Farmer and Golson revived the group and toured extensively.”
Setlist:
‘Mox Nix’ (Art Farmer)
‘Voices All’ (Benny Golson)
‘I Remember Clifford’
‘City Bound’
Purchase the Jazztet’s music at Amazon
“The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.”
Setlist:
"Source"
"Pace"
"Boundless Beings"
Players:
Nubya Garcia: tenor saxophone:
Joe Armon-Jones: keys;
Daniel Casmir: double bass:
Sam Jones: drums; Richie Seivwright:
vocals; Cassie Kinoshi: vocals
“September 16, 2020 | Suraya Mohamed -- Look to the left of Nubya Garcia's Tiny Desk (home) concert and you'll see a hanging plant swaying right above the keys. It never stops moving during the next 23 minutes, and it's for a bizarre reason. Garcia's (home) concert took place on a boat — a first in Tiny Desk history — because she was in between homes. Before the pandemic hit, the London-born jazz saxophonist and composer was booked for an extensive global tour that started in February 2020, and it was expected to continue through the end of the year. Because she was only going to be in London for a very short time, she gave up her flat, planning to stay with family and friends for short breaks. It seemed like a good idea until March, when COVID-19 shut down most of the world and the tour, too.
Garcia and her band are at Soup Studio, a recording facility built on a decommissioned floating lighthouse moored on the River Thames. It's also where Garcia recorded her excellent new album, SOURCE. This set features three songs from the record; the title track starts it off with a reggae, dub vibe. Garcia skillfully uses the entire range of her tenor saxophone, hitting convincing low and high notes with ease and resolve. Throughout the set, her tone is gorgeous, her musical intuition perfect. She projects rich and full melodic lines with refined solos that leave just enough space to take in the expressive sincerity of the music. There are no lyrics but her music conveys a message of staying grounded, being present in the moment and appreciating the comforts and feelings of what it means to be home.”
Important People:
Video by: Fabrice Bourgelle;
Additional Cameras: Lou Jasmine, Israel Wilson;
Audio by: David Holmes;
Mixed by: Kwes at Soup Studio;
Producer: Suraya Mohamed;
Audio Mastering Engineer: Josh Rogosin;
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith;
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey;
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
