DOWNLOAD: Superjam featuring Porter/Stoltz/Deitch/Benevento @ House of Blues – 5/6/11

Superjam - 5/6/11 @ House of Blues NOLA Parish Room

Easily my favorite set of the Jazz Fest weekend and at last, it’s finally available for our enjoyment. The freeform, improvisational grooves of the first half of the show have been given some interesting track names by guitarist and show all-star Brian Stoltz. Click the links below to check out this pretty solid audience recording of some late night Jazz Fest magic.

Disc 1 Download
Disc 2 Download

From JamBase.com Jazz Fest Review –

After a short breather at home, our crew made it down to the French Quarter for a Superjam that quite possibly carried the weekend – an intricately dark, psychedelic rave up highlighted by the dexterous, controlled guitar work of Brian Stoltz with George Porter Jr., Marco Benevento and Adam Deitch. After about an hour of dim lights and heavy jams, the lights were finally lifted and the band went off on Jimi’s “Fire,” Cee Lo’s “Fuck You” and War’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends.” If there is a recording of this show in circulation it is recommended to check it out, a truly one-of-a-kind performance that showed me what Jazz Fest After Dark is all about.

George Porter Jr’s Superjam (feat. Brian Stoltz, Marco Benevento, & Adam Deitch)
May 6, 2011 (actually morning of May 7th at 2 a.m.)
New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues – Parish Room
Schoeps MK4s > Active Cables > Sonic Devices 722 > wav > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC
Recorded at stage lip by Theo Forbath.

Track Listing

Disc One:
01. The Jam Begins >
02. The Plot Thickens >
03. The Plot Tightens >
04. An Inquisitive Nature >
05. Ghetto To Groove (The World Is A Ghetto) [War] >
06. Manic Impression (Manic Depression) [Jimi Hendrix] >
07. The Plot Flexes & Stretches >
08. Funkify Your Life [The Meters]

Disc Two:
01. Full Moon Over Decatur St. >
02. Blues >
03. In The Midnight Hour [Wilson Pickett]
04. Fire [Jimi Hendrix] >
05. Welcome To New Orleans [Zigaboo Modeliste]
06. Who Dat? (band intros) >
07. Fuck You [Cee Lo Green]
08. Why Can’t We Be Friends? [War]

Encore:
09. Working In The Coal Mine [Allen Toussaint / Lee Dorsey]

George Porter Jr: bass, vocals
Brian Stoltz: guitar, vocals
Marco Benevento: keys
Adam Deitch: drums

Notes:
Tracked subjectively. Titles by Brian Stoltz.

About the author

Wesley grew up in coastal Georgia and is a former resident of The Music City and The Big Easy where he helped get LMB NOLA off-the-ground after launching in January 2011. Over the past few years, he has also contributed steadily to JamBase and Relix Magazine. Recently, Hodges moved on to L.A. where Abita Beer is hard to find, costs about $6 if located and impromptu parading in the streets will most likely get you arrested on the spot.

 

Tags: House of Blues, Superjam