Medeski Martin & Wood 1994-05-29
Homage @ Little 5 Points, Atlanta, GA
Set 1
Open Improv > Vergessene Improv* > Open Improv > Shack, We’re So Happy > Friday Afternoon In The Universe, Wiggly’s Way
Set 2
Pakalolo, Syeeda’s Song Flute > Open Improv > Improv (w/â€Mystery Gus†melody)+ > Open Improv^//
Set 3
Comment
Set II incomplete
* this improvisation centres around a melody we find popping up later in MMW’s shows: On April 14/2000 they open an acoustic show with a loose working of this melody but it’s underdeveloped and never heard from again; the song first debuted in full on April 25/2007 as part of a short acoustic tour. A version of the song from that tour was later released on the 2012 live acoustic album Free Magic with the following title: Ballade In C Minor, ‘Vergessene Seelen’. The song was then subsequently played on the Fall ’12 and Spring ’13 acoustic tours in support of the album. ‘Vergessene Seelen’ translates to “Forgotten Soulsâ€, so I labeled this improvisation ‘Vergessene Improv’ — the forgotten improv. From 3:50-6:45 of the track is kind of a lead-in to the ‘Vergessene’ melody which comes in strong at that point and is the main theme for the following 6min or so.
+ “Mystery Gus†melody first introduced just past the 9min mark and solidified @10:05 of this track, might be from a real song but the only other place I’ve identified the melody is during the band’s 4 instrumental performances of the Combustication tune ‘Whatever Happened to Gus’ in early 1999 (1/14, 1/16, 3/20 & 3/23) — see The Shack Project 1999 page for links to the shows
https://theshackproject.com/tsp1999/
^ recording fades out/cuts at the end of this track leaving Set II incomplete
* this improvisation centres around a melody we find popping up later in MMW’s shows: On April 14/2000 they open an acoustic show with a loose working of this melody but it’s underdeveloped and never heard from again; the song first debuted in full on April 25/2007 as part of a short acoustic tour. A version of the song from that tour was later released on the 2012 live acoustic album Free Magic with the following title: Ballade In C Minor, ‘Vergessene Seelen’. The song was then subsequently played on the Fall ’12 and Spring ’13 acoustic tours in support of the album. ‘Vergessene Seelen’ translates to “Forgotten Soulsâ€, so I labeled this improvisation ‘Vergessene Improv’ — the forgotten improv. From 3:50-6:45 of the track is kind of a lead-in to the ‘Vergessene’ melody which comes in strong at that point and is the main theme for the following 6min or so.
+ “Mystery Gus†melody first introduced just past the 9min mark and solidified @10:05 of this track, might be from a real song but the only other place I’ve identified the melody is during the band’s 4 instrumental performances of the Combustication tune ‘Whatever Happened to Gus’ in early 1999 (1/14, 1/16, 3/20 & 3/23) — see The Shack Project 1999 page for links to the shows
https://theshackproject.com/tsp1999/
^ recording fades out/cuts at the end of this track leaving Set II incomplete
Sources
| SHNID | Date | Venue | City | State | Archive Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26569 | 1994-05-29 | Homage @ Little 5 Points | Atlanta | GA | |
| flac16; Source: AKG 414's > DAT; Transfer: Tascam DA-20 MK II > Audiophile 2496 > Sound Forge 7 > CD Wave > Flac Level 8; Transfer by: Mike Vescovo; with thanks to Louie Rendek for the audio clean-up; date could be 5/24/94 instead | |||||
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Updated At
Sat May 22 2004 09:21:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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