Ghost-Neon
April 29, 2019 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s Set One (missing the first half of the set): Tell Me That This Love Ain’t Real, Women Water & Weed, She Was Round & Brown
Ghost-Neon
April 29, 2019 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s Set Two: Are U Going To Love Me The Same, ?Jam? > I Love A Girl Named Mary Jane Jam (with Nicholas Payton), ???, When The Neon Pearly Gates Open (with Maurice “Mobetta” Brown), Hot Cheetos (with DJ Logic)
Ghost-Neon (Ghost-Note & MonoNeon performing the music of MonoNeon)
April 29, 2019
New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s – late night (actually 3am the morning of 4/30/19)
Set One:
(missing the first half of the set)
01. Tell Me That This Love Ain’t Real
02. Women, Water & Weed
03. She Was Round & Brown
Set Two:
01. Are U Going To Love Me The Same
02. ?Jam? (with Nicholas Payton) >
03. I Love A Girl Named Mary Jane Jam (with Nicholas Payton)
04. ???
05. When The Neon Pearly Gates Open (with Maurice “Mobetta” Brown)
06. Hot Cheetos (with DJ Logic)
MonoNeon – bass, vocals Robert “Sput” Searight – drums Nate Werth – percussion Peter Knudsen – guitar Vaughn “V-Keys” Henry – keyboards Daru Jones – drums Marcus Machado – guitar The Vanguard Vocalists:
Ahrel Lumzy – vocals Jermaine Holmes – vocals Charles “Redd” Middleton – vocals
Guests:
Nicholas Payton – trumpet Maurice “Mobetta” Brown – trumpet DJ Logic – turntables
Neon-Medeski
April 30, 2018 (actually 2am on 5/1/18)
New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s
01. Improv }
02. Improv }
03. Improv }
04. A Change Is Gonna Come [Sam Cooke cover] (with Jermaine Holmes) }
05. Improv (with Maurice Brown) }
06. Bitches Brew [Miles Davis cover] (with Maurice Brown) }
07. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples [Parliament cover] } Improv (with Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander, Borahm Lee & Marcus Machado) }
08. If You Get Lonely (with Charles “Redd” Middleton, Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander & Marcus Machado) }
09. Do That Stuff [Parliament cover] (with ??? on sax, Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander & Marcus Machado) }
10. She’s Always In My Hair [Prince cover] (with Jermaine Holmes & Marcus Machado)
11. Improv }
12. Improv }
13. Improv (with Maurice Brown) }
14. Dynamite [J Dilla / The Roots cover] } Improv } Theme From A Symphony [Ornette Coleman cover] coda (last half with Borahm Lee & Wil Blades swaps out with Medeski)
Neon-Medeski:
John Medeski – keyboards MonoNeon – bass Daru Jones – drums Skerik – saxophone Robert Walter – keyboards DJ Logic – turntables
Guests:
Maurice Brown – trumpet Deshawn “D’Vibes” Alexander – keyboards Borahm Lee – keyboards Marcus Machado – guitar Jermaine Holmes – vocals Charles “Redd” Middleton – vocals
??? – saxophone Wil Blades – organ
AUDIO: Schoeps CCM5’s } Tascam DR-70D (onstage center 4′ high in ORTF/Cardioid Mode) by Phil Harris / PH Balanced Recordings
VIDEO Recorded & Edited by Funk It Blog
Bitches Bloom followed DRKWAV’s phantasmagorical performance Tuesday night at the Blue Nile, and the Royal Fam regiment immediately distinguished themselves from the dozens of other tributes taking place around town. Helmed by Lettuce trumpet player Eric “Benny” Bloom, Bitches Bloom took a long, hard look into the Miles Davis catalog of the late 60’s and dawn of the 70’s. Bloom employed a sort of method acting, mean-mugging and glaring at his assembled players until they achieved tone and textures to his liking, just as Davis would do to start performances in those times. Bloom was joined by Lettuce co-conspirators Adam Deitch (drums), Nigel Hall (keys), Ryan Zoidis (sax), and Jesus Coomes, who handled the Michael Henderson basslines with aplomb.
Lettuce / Witches Stew (billed as Bitches Bloom)
May 2nd, 2017 – New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Part 2 of 4: Shhh/Peaceful > It’s About That Time >
Benny Bloom was master of ceremonies and star of this serenade. The steamy, foreboding performance saw sit-ins from Wil Blades (organ) and trumpet mavens Maurice “Mo Betta” Brown and Aaron Janik. Benny meticulously searched deep into the annals of this era, and the setlist included opener “Sivad,” a harrowing revamp entitled “Benny Runs the Voodoo Down,” “Right Off,” “It’s About that Time,” “Jean Pierre,” this writer’s favorite jam “Black Satin” (off of 1972’s brilliant On the Corner). Be advised that the separations hardly mattered, as they were just shifts in groove that altered the time-space continuum. Leaving the Blue Nile sometime near 4 a.m., we were left shaking our heads at how Benny and company had so effectively mined the Miles zeitgeist whilst delivering this shell-shocking, inventive performance. Bitches Bloom found itself immediately on the short list of the finest shows at Jazz Fest 2017, a testament to the modus operandi of this murderers’ row.
Lettuce / Witches Stew (billed as Bitches Bloom)
May 2nd, 2017 – New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Part 3 of 4: Right Off (with Aaron Janik & Maurice Brown) > Improv?
Lettuce / Witches Stew (billed as Bitches Bloom)
May 2nd, 2017 – New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Part 4 of 4: Black Satin > Jean Pierre
Lettuce / Witches Stew (billed as Bitches Bloom)
May 2nd, 2017
New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Sony ECM-MS908C stereo mic > Canon XA-20 video cam as LPCM 16/48 audio > 16/44 WAV > FLAC
01. Sivad >
02. Benny Runs The Voodoo Down >
03. Shhh/Peaceful > It’s About That Time >
04. Right Off (with Aaron Janik & Maurice Brown) >
05. Improv?
06. Black Satin >
07. Jean Pierre
Eric Benny Bloom – trumpet, keyboards, percussion Ryan Zoidis – saxophone Adam Deitch – drums Jesus Coomes – bass Wil Blades – keyboards Nigel Hall – keyboards
Guests: Maurice Brown – trumpet Aaron Janik – trumpet
