You can lead a horse to water...

... and you can make them drink.

Just follow the arrow.


No, I haven't stopped cutting my Higher Hands Highlights mixes, just fell behind last week. These are from 5/15 and 5/22 and I must say, they're both awfully nice. I cut 5/22 first and was a bit worried about what I'd do with 5/15 afterwards. And then, quite possibly, 5/15 ended up even better. Remember: we're sticking with the diversity theme, so while it's staying funky there's a heavy dose of soul, jazz, reggae, and go-go. (Hip-hop was 2 weeks ago.) Dig.


As always, the complete shows are up on archive.org available for download or streaming.

Lettuce Does Dilla

I only grabbed the 1st set of Lettuce's show at Tipitina's French Quarter on Friday night of Jazzfest 2nd weekend. Listening back I wish I had sucked down a Red Bull or two and made the 2nd set. I hear a recording of the full show is out there but haven't seen it surface yet. This one will go up on Archive as soon as I'm done tracking it, but in the meantime...

For James Yancey

Update 1:00pm 5/20:  The complete show is now up on Archive.

Update 1:23pm 5/21:  My source is now up here, though I'd grab the complete source linked in the first update for 1) completeness and 2) better overall mix, especially the vocals.

Coming Soon

Taking me quite a bit more time to work through my Jazzfest material than I figured. Still looking to post a breakdown of the weekend with some nice audio samples. They're coming. In the meantime, what can I serve as an appetizer?


John Ellis & Doublewide
May 3, 2008
Donna's Bar and Grill


The band was kind enough to allow me to record. I placed my mic against the stage pointing up at John, no more than 3 feet away. They started things off with the first song on their new album... called All Up In the Aisles. It's a beautiful recording and performance.

featuring:
John Ellis - Saxaphones
Brian Coogan - Organ
Jason Marsalis - Drums

All Up In the Aisles - Live at Donna's Bar and Grill, New Orleans

Raising Their Game

I was already on the bandwagon, but Thursday night these cats known as The Higher Hands took it up a level. It's serious folks and only getting stronger each week. Check out the complete show over on Archive. My highlights mix can be heard by clicking the link below. Being the first show after Jazzfest, had to kick it off with a little New Orleans love. Oh yeah, they can second line too. Re-dick-uh-luss-nuss.


Raising The Game - March 08, 2008



You can stream or download all of the Higher Hands Highlights mixes over on the SOUNDS section of soundbetter.net. Might not be long before the HHH Series has it's own page.

Last Night at the Wolf

[from left to right: Billy Martin, Oteil Burbridge, DJ Logic, Bernie Worrell]














Global Noize:
DJ Logic - Turntables
Jason Miles - Nord
Bernie Worrell - Keys
Karl Denson - Flute and Sax
Christian Scott - Trumpet
Topaz - Sax
Oteil Burbridge - Bass
Billy Martin - Drums
Carl Burnett - Guitar
Falu - Vocals

Here's the encore.

Great start.