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Kidd Jordan discusses Fred Anderson, Chicago, March 2009. Interview by Joseph Chonto for Some Real Music, ©2009 Joseph Chonto, Some Real Music

The Hellacopters, from Sweden, in interview and full performance from the Bowery Ballroom on their "Rock & Roll Is Dead" tour. (Though whenever the Hellacopters play, rock & roll is clearly very much alive.) From 1994-2008 they produced numerous excellent albums, EPs, singles (including a collaboration with Detroit legend Scott Morgan) and word is they are re-forming and recording in 2020. Thei...

South African / British drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo made a rare US appearance at Vision Festival XII. He is accompanied by Kidd Jordan, tenor sax; Dave Burrell, piano; William Parker, bass. Video by Joseph Chonto for Some Real Music. ©2007 Some Real Music, Joseph Chonto

Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity, "dedicated to the collective musical process of Albert Ayler," features Ayler alumnus Henry Grimes on bass and violin, Roy Campbell on trumpet and flugelhorn, Chad Taylor, drums, and Marc Ribot on guitar. A short-lived band (only 1 CD, which is totally marvelous), but having made a powerful impact re respecting and acknowledging the legacy of Albert Ayler (which li...

Marshall Allen - alto, EVI, flute, clarinet, vocals Knoel Scott - alto, vocals Charles Davis - tenor sax Yahya Abdul-Majid - tenor sax Danny Thompson - baritone sax Rey Scott - baritone sax Fred Adams - trumpet Cecil Brooks - trumpet Dave Davis - trombone Dick Griffin - trombone Bill Davis - tuba Dave Hotep - guitar Farid Barron - piano, organ Wayne A. Smith Jr. - drums Elson Nascimento - surdo...

The GREAT Dale Watson (American poet, singer, songwriter, raconteur, aka Mr. Country My Ass) and his most excellent band: Don Raby, fiddle; Donny Pawlak, pedal steel; Gene Kurtz, bass and Herb Belofsky, drums. Live at the Rodeo Bar, NYC, 2007. Video by Joseph Chonto for Some Real Music; © Some Real Music 2007.

Set two of this extraordinary ensemble. Misha Mengelberg, leader, piano; Han Bennink, drums, Ernst Glerum, bass; Tristan Honsinger, cello; Mary Oliver, violin, viola; Tobias Delius, tenor sax; Ab Baars and Michael Moore, woodwinds; Wolter Wierbos, trombone; Thomas Heberer, trumpet. Video by Joseph Chonto for Some Real Music, © Some Real Music 2006.

The ICP Orchestra, one of the longest lived and most illustrious of European progressive / avant-garde jazz orchestras. Featuring co-founder Han Bennink on drums; Ernst Glerum, bass; Tristan Honsinger, cello; Mary Oliver, violin, viola; Tobias Delius, tenor sax; Ab Baars, tenor sax, clarinet; Michael Moore, clarinet; Wolter Wierbos, trombone; Thomas Heberer, trumpet and co-founder, leader Misha...

The final US performance of the "classic" David S. Ware Quartet at Vision Festival XI, June 18, 2006. David S . Ware, tenor saxophone; Matthew Shipp, piano; William Parker, bass; Guillermo E. Brown, drums. Enjoy!

This interview done immediately after the triumphant and final US performance by the "classic" David S. Ware Quartet at Vision Festival XI.

Eddie Gale leads an indeed all-star ensemble in this very rare NYC performance. With Prince Lasha, Kidd Jordan, Valerie Mih, William Parker, Alvin Fielder and Patricia Nicholson-Parker. Enjoy.

The premiere performance of this suite (and this band) dedicated to Akhenaten, pharoah of Ancient Egypt 1353-1336 B.C. Roy Campbell, trumpet & flugelhorn, Billy Bang, violin, Bryan Carrott, vibraphone, Hilliard Greene, bass, Zen Matsuura, drums.

The Billy Bang Quintet performance at Vision Festival 2006. Bang, a Vietnam veteran, does five original compositions, three from his Vietnam series. Billy Bang, violin; James Zollar, trumpet; Andrew Bemkey, piano; Todd Nicholson, bass; Newman Taylor-Baker, drums. Video by Joseph Chonto for Some Real Music, © 2006 Some Real Music. Enjoy.

The hijinks, shenanigans and ROCK continue not only unabated but exacerbated!!! Includes the Scott Asheton shooting story, Scott Morgan getting out of the Vietnam draft, Tony Slug expounding brilliantly on the nature and state of rock & roll, the French Hotel incident, and most poignantly, the Madrid Football Stadium memorial for Benno "Benito" Goldewijk, the Hydromatics' road manager, who died...

THE EARTH IS SHAKING!!! THE SCOTT MORGAN / HYDROMATICS 2007 EURO TOUR (WHOLE ENCHILADA VERSION)

THE EARTH IS SHAKING! THE SCOTT MORGAN / HYDROMATICS EURO TOUR 2007 (Part 1)

Henry Grimes / Roberto Pettinato Quartet

Borah Bergman, Vision Festival 2010

Fred Anderson Quartet March 10, 2009 set 1

William Parker on Fred Anderson

The Fred Anderson Vision Festival Concert, June 1, 2008

Fred Anderson Velvet Lounge Jam, set 2, Sept. 1, 2007

Fred Anderson Velvet Lounge Jam, Set 1, Sept. 1, 2007

Fred Anderson interview 09 / 01 / 2007

Fred Anderson Velvet Lounge Jam Sept. 6, 2009, Sets 1 & 2

Fred Anderson Velvet Lounge Jams Sept. 5, 2009, Sets 1 & 2

Fred Anderson solo @ the "Old" Velvet Lounge, Chicago, April 2006.

The Fred Anderson Interviews, no. 1, Billy Brimfield and William Perry