From the monthly archives:

October 2009

John Brown’s Body Live at the Rickshaw Stop

October 4, 2009

I usually don’t stray too far from the local San Francisco jazz scene, but when my good friends from Ithaca and Boston pass through town spreading killer reggae, dub, and drums and bass vibes, I just can’t help myself. So, here’s a rockin’ multimedia piece I put together of John Brown’s Body playing What We Gonna Do live at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on September 24, 2009.

The best part is since these guys are totally down with open recording for personal, non-commercial use, I was permitted to upload the entire concert in all it’s 16-bit CD-quality glory to the Live Music Archive where it can be downloaded for your audiophile listening pleasure. Good times as always with these cats, and it sure is nice seeing them roll with a live brass section!

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Musicians
Elliot Martin, Lead Vocals
Tommy Benedetti, Drums
Nate Edgar, Bass
Matthew Kofi Goodwin, Hammond B3, Clavinet, Synths
Mike Keenan, Guitar
Scott Flynn, Trombone
Drew Sayers, Saxophone
Sam Dechenne, Trumpet
Jocko, Sound Engineer

Related Posts: John Brown’s Body Live at the Independent, John Brown’s Body Live at the Great American Music Hall, John Brown’s Body Live at The Independent, John Brown’s Body Live at the Warfield

 

Tags: Bay-Area, BayTaper, Brass, dub, Elliot-Martin, hayes valley, jbb, John-Browns-Body, Live, music, Reggae, rickshaw stop, San-Francisco

 

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8 Legged Monster CD Release Live at Yoshi’s SF

October 1, 2009

I was recently invited to document the CD Release Party of Mike Irwin’s 8 Legged Monster live at Yoshi’s in San Francisco on September 3, 2009.

Here’s a sweet three minute video clip from the night’s festivities. The clip begins in the middle of the band’s rendition of the classic tune Basin St. Blues, starting near the end of Rob Barics’ clarinet solo, then moves onto a sick trumpet solo by Mike Olmos, and finally ends with the band backing up the lovely Lavay Smith on vocals.

I’ve also included a few tracks below from the night’s performance in MP3 format that the band was so gracious to let me share: Les Trois Baise and Turnin’ On The Jewkes.

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Musicians
Mike Irwin, Guitar & Arranger
Mike Olmos, Trumpet
Danny Grewen, Trombone
Rob Barics, Tenor & Clarinet
Joe Cohen, Alto
Matt Nelson, Tenor
Fil Lorenz, Baritone
Eric Markowitz, Bass
Jaz Sawyer, Drums
Karina Denike, Vocals
Lavay Smith, Vocals

Related Posts: 8 Legged Monster Live at Club Deluxe, 8 Legged Monster Live at Pearl’s, Joe Bagale CD Release Live at the Great American Music Hall, Shotgun Wedding Quintet CD Release Live at The Independent

 

Tags: 8, Bay-Area, BayTaper, Big-Band, Brass, eight, horns, Jazz, legged, Live, mike irwin, monster, music, San-Francisco, Yoshis

 

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