June 16, 1995: Ellery Eskelin live performance


ARTISTSELECTIONALBUM   (Label)
Ellery EskelinBluesForms (Open Minds)
M.P.N Sethuraman/M.P.N. Punnuswamy & PartyPirava VaramThe Enchanting Nadaswaram (EMI India)
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania w/ Pharoah SandersMoussa Berkiyo/Koubaliy Berliah La'FohThe Trance of Seven Colors (Axiom)
Ma-Wai-Hakona Maori AssociationE Hine E TauMaori Rhythm & Song (Music Heritage Society)
Peppered throughout the last two hours of the show were live performances by the Ellery Eskelin Trio: Ellery-tenor sax; Andrea Parkins-accordian, keyboards, samples; Jim Black-drums
Nico SaquitoEstoy Hecho TierraGood-Bye Mr. Cat (World Circuit)
Orchestre Gulintangan de BruneiGengang Sri RamaTraditional Music of Borneo (Playa Sound)
Seigen OnoJuliaComme de Garcons, Vol. 2 (Venture)
Astor PiazzolaAlevareMaria de Buenos Aires (Trova)
Anthony ColemanDisco By NightDisco By Night (Avant)

George JonesColor of the BluesThe Essential Geoge Jones (Columbia)
Chick WebbMy Melancholy BabyThe Immortal Chick Webb (Columbia)
Joseph BockDer Schonste Mann von WienAustrian Folks Songs (Arhoolie)
Alley Boys of AbbevilleTe A Pas RaisonAbbeville Breakdown (Legacy)
Sun RaEl is a Sound of JoySupersonic Jazz (Evidence)

Charming HostessDalitzernyKomotion #7 (Komotion)
Randy McKeanThe ThickeningSo Dig this Big Crux (Rastascan)
Ellery EskelinJazz TrashJazz Trash (Songlines)
Rod Keith*Beat of the TrapsMakers of Smooth Music (Carnage Press)
Rod Rogers*Psychedelic BabyMSR-Maggedon (unreleased)
Rod Rogers*I'm Just the Other WomanMSR-Maggedon (unreleased)
Rod Keith*Little Rug BugMakers of Smooth Music (Carnage Press)
*The late Rod Rogers (aka Rod Keith) was saxophonist Ellery Eskelin's father. Rod Rogers was involved with MSR Records, the vanity label in California that solicited songs from amateur lyricists and released them with "professional arrangements." Most were hilariously God-awful.
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