Critters Buggin Releases Count Cancellation. Guitar feature on 'Rooster Time'.

Critters, the legendary band from Seattle, asked me to sit in on their House of Blues show in 2001 when they were on tour with a couple of the Moroccan Master Musicians of Jajouka. They called the result ‘Rooster Time’. You can hear on their bandcamp page here…

…Honor to be asked and I hadn’t remembered what the sound was but I did remember the great feeling of playing.

I think you’ll find it right in line with what else you need that you forgot.

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Show schedule across Jazzfest.

Here is what to look forward to. Mark down the dates and improve your scramble for a spiraling higher and higher musical ecstasy.

Thursday 26th May 9:30pm- Siberia Lounge- The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars feat. Ben Ellman
Friday 27th May 11pm-Starlight Lounge- Derrick Freeman Trio
Saturday 28th May 4:20pm- New Orleans Jazzfest-Klezmer All Stars feat. Steven Bernstein
Tuesday May 1st 9pm- 3 Keys at The Ace Hotel- Naked On The Floor feat. Steven Bernstein
Tuesday May 1st 11:30pm- Blue Nile balcony Room- Steven Bernstein's Fest Mob
Wednesday May 2nd 11am-1pm- The Bywater Bakery- New Orleans klezmer All Stars
Thursday May 3rd 9pm- Hi Ho Lounge- Saucefest
Friday May 4 8:30pm- Zeitgeist Multi Disciplinary Art Center- James Singleton Band
Friday May 4th midnight- Sidebar - New Orleans Klezmer All Stars Trio feat. Aurora Nealand
Saturday May 5th 10pm-Vaughan's Lounge-Klezmer All Stars double bill w/ Morning 40 Federation
Saturday May 5th-midnight- Chickie Wah Wah-James Singleton Quartet
Sunday May 6th 11:30pm- Chickie Wah Wah- Mike Dillon Quartet

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Tonight with Derrick Freeman (World Be Freeman) and special guests at Hi-Ho Lounge-10:30pm

Another shot with the talented crew that killed at the Maple Leaf a little while back.

Mike Dillon-drums,vibes,tablas,timbales, madness,etc
Derrick Freeman-vocals,drums etc.
Jonathan Freilich-guitar

also:

Ron Johnson
Donald Surtain

and

Nigel Hall

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w/ James Singleton Quartet at Cafe Istanbul- Wed 31, July at 9pm

James Singleton- bass, composer, leader, legend

Mike Dillon- assorted percussion, stamina, and other experimental fits with a high creative yield
Tim Green- sax, deep thought, style, will cut through those barriers that perpetuate the isolation

I will be playing with that bunch. The last few times have all been epic, and completely different from each other. I think you like music...you should struggle to make it in a way that nonetheless doesn't compromise your basic recreational mindset. We will handle the other imbalances.

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Monday June 3rd at cafe Istanbul

Monday nights show at cafe Istanbul with James Singleton(bass), Tim Green(sax), and Mike Dillon(drums, vibes) was a vast pleasure. It was perhaps the fourth time playing on this configuration and each has been successful and completely different. One of the great factors was the quiet listening of the audience- so quiet that the miraculous happened- I was able to take an extended guitar solo on a flat body telecaster without amplification.
What a crowd! What a club!

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