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Excepter
Here’s a video, directed by Anna Maria Helgadóttir, for “The Open Well,” a track from Excepter‘s 2010 double CD Presidence. This is not always true of their work (not by a long shot), but both the...
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Burnt Sugar
Here’s a video (well, music and photos) of Burnt Sugar performing a medley of Miles Davis‘s “Black Satin” and “Agharta” live. Burnt Sugar at this time was: Lewis “Flip” Barnes (trumpet) Mazz Swift...
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Derek Bailey & Evan Parker
Here’s some video of guitarist Derek Bailey and saxophonist Evan Parker from April 22, 1985. Up first, here’s some solo footage of Bailey; Part 1 of a long piece: And Part 2 of the same piece: And a...
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Thelonious Monk
Who better to feature, on Friday the 13th? Thelonious Monk: piano; Charlie Rouse: tenor saxophone; Larry Gales: bass; Ben Riley: drums, live in Copenhagen, 1966. I have always liked Monk’s Columbia...
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Genesis Live 1973
Here’s the best possible transfer of a well-known Genesis concert film from October 1973, filmed at Shepperton Studios in the UK. The footage has been cleaned up and restored (watch it in HD) and the...
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Ahleuchatistas
The instrumental guitar-drums duo (they used to be a trio) Ahleuchatistas have a new album, Heads Full of Poison, out now on Cuneiform Records. It’s pretty stunning stuff, at times sounding like a...
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The Strange Case Of The Love Doctor
I first encountered the mysterious figure known as The Love Doctor when I downloaded the album Satanic Abortion, by a “band” known as Clogged Orifice. I grabbed it from a blog based solely on the band...
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Miles Davis Live 1982
Live performance clips from London. I think this band was really underrated. Yes, people were excited to see Miles back after more than five years away, but they also gave him shit for returning...
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Milford Graves/David Murray
There’s an excellent half-hour documentary on Milford Graves and David Murray up on YouTube. Check it out below in three parts.
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Rob Mazurek
Cornetist Rob Mazurek is currently on tour in the US with two bands: São Paulo Underground—his trio with keyboardist Guilherme Granado and percussionist Mauricio Takara—and Black Cube SP. The latter...
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