Wall of Flowers

Wall of Flowers is an album by Mike Baggetta featuring Mike Watt and Jim Keltner.[4] The album has been described as "post-genre-improv-jazz-rock".[4]

Wall of Flowers
Studio album by
Mike Baggetta
ReleasedMarch 2019[1]
RecordedMay 31 – June 1, 2017[2]
StudioBIG EGO, Long Beach, CA[2]
Genre
Length40:15
LabelBIG EGO RECORDS[2]
ProducerChris Schlarb[2]

The album was largely improvised[5] even though the trio of musicians had never played with each other before recording in 2017.[5] A conversation with Chris Schlarb of Big Ego Studios led to a discussion about the David Torn album Cloud About Mercury which Baggetta admired.[6] Baggetta learned that the artists on the album hadn't worked together previously and were simply cold-called by Torn so he jokingly suggested Schlarb call Watt and Keltner to join him for an album.[6] Schlarb made some calls[6] and soon enough Baggetta was joined by Watt and Keltner to record his Wall of Flowers.

Following the release of the album, Baggetta and Watt embarked on a ten date March tour with Stephen Hodges substituting for Keltner.[4] The tour resulted in the formation of mssv, a live album (Live Flowers), and a studio album slated for 2020 release.

Personnel
Production
  • Engineered by Arin Mueller[2]
  • Mixed by Chris Schlarb and Devin O'Brien[2]
  • Mastered by David Torn[2]

References
  1. "2019 BIG EGO Record Club". Big Ego Records. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  2. "Wall of Flowers". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  3. Ensminger, David (October 22, 2019). "Mike Watt and the Art of Sublime Punk Invention". Houston Free Press. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  4. Maiuri, Ken (March 3, 2019). "Ken Maiuri's Clubland: Guitarist Mike Baggetta records and debuts a new album". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  5. Cohan, Brad (August 13, 2019). "Mike Baggetta: Genre-Blurring Guitar Hero". JazzTimes. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  6. Wildsmith, Steve (April 24, 2019). "Guitarist Mike Baggetta finds impromptu collaboration grows good 'Flowers'". The Daily Times. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
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