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Artist |
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| 3/16/1997 | MMW | Elizabethbuhne, Salzburg, Austria | One Set Only: Henduck > Hermeto's Daydream, Think, Jelly Belly > Drum Solo > Lifeblood, Chinoiserie; Encore: Crosstown Traffic | 71:00 | 86541 t s |
| 3/19/1997 | MMW | Blue Note Club, London, England | One Set Only: Organ/Improv Intro > Macha > Wiggly's Way, Beeah, The Lover > Open Improv Intro > Dracula > Henduck, Think, Bubblehouse, Night Marchers, Organ Intro > Jelly Belly > Drum Solo, Bass Solo > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, Crosstown Traffic; Encore: Chubb Sub | 117:01 | 1592 t t s |
| 3/21/1997 | MMW | Vossa Jazz Festival, Stationen Voss, Norway | Set 1: Untitled Original #47 > Sequel, Lonely Avenue, Lifeblood > Chinoiserie; Set 2: Macha, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Jelly Belly > Drum Outro > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Bubblehouse, Friday Afternoon In The Universe > Dracula, Crosstown Traffic; Encore: The Cape Verdean Blues | 131:18 | 26791 t t s |
| 3/22/1997 | MMW | Vossa Jazz Festival, Stationen Voss, Norway | Set 1: Syeeda's Song Flute > Lorts de Fatour, Bass Intro > Henduck, Night Marchers, Caravan, Chubb Sub; Set 2: The Lover > Open Improv > Hermeto's Daydream, Think, Going Home > Where's Sly?, Crosstown Traffic; Encore: Bubblehouse | 121:46 | 26918 t t t s |
| 4/8/1997 | MMW | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | Set 1: Start/Stop* > Open Improv > Hip Chops*, Disrobe*, Just Like I Pictured It*, Latin Shuffle* > Bass Solo; Set 2: Fast Clicks* > Improv > Open Improv > Nocturne Improv*+ > Everyday People*, Bubblehouse; Encore: Crosstown Traffic; * first known performance; + an embryonic version of the COMBUSTICATION tune, Nocturne | 114:16 114:16 | 29171 t 87065 t s |
| 4/9/1997 | MMW | Electric Ballroom, Tempe, AZ | | | s |
| 4/11/1997 | MMW | The Ash Grove, Santa Monica, CA | Set 1: "Down On Me '97 Improv"*, Start/Stop > Hip Chops, Fast Clicks, Just Like I Pictured It, Latin Shuffle; Set 2: "Dysfunctional Ash Groove"+ > Drum Solo, Disrobe, Everyday People, Bubblehouse, Jelly Belly; Encore: Think; * earliest noted recording of the Down On Me melody; + first known performance | 125:15 | 78853 t t s |
| 4/12/1997 | MMW | The Message music festival, Pomona College, The Greek, Claremont, CA | One Set Only: The Lover > Start/Stop > Sequel, Macha > Wiggly's Way, Disrobe; Encore: Bass Solo > Chubb Sub | 51:25 | 89030 t s |
| 4/12/1997 | MMW | El Ray Theater, Los Angeles, CA | One Set Only: Start/Stop > Fast Clicks > Disrobe > Open Improv > Bass Solo > Think, Latin Shuffle, Everyday People, Open Improv/Intro > Night Marchers, Coconut Boogaloo > Drum Solo, Bubblehouse; Encore: Hip Chops; shared bill with Critters Buggin' | 101:19 | 89131 t s |
| 4/13/1997 | MMW | Brick by Brick, San Diego, CA | One Set Only: Jelly Belly > Drum Solo, Open Improv > Start/Stop, Organ Intro > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, Disrobe, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Fast Clicks, Everyday People, Organ Intro > Bubblehouse; Encore: Lonely Avenue; shared bill with Critters Buggin' | 97:46 | 89451 t s |
| 4/14/1997 | MMW | Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana, CA | with Critters Buggin | | s |
| 4/16/1997 | MMW | Crest Theater, Sacramento, CA | One Set Only: Lifeblood > Disrobe, Just Like I Pictured It, Start/Stop > Open Improv > Latin Shuffle, Jelly Belly > Drum Solo > Fast Clicks > Everyday People, Crosstown Traffic; Encore: Chinoiserie | 118:50 | 87216 t s |
| 4/17/1997 | MMW
 | The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA | One Set Only: Latin Shuffle, Disrobe, Just Like I Pictured It, Start/Stop, Hip Chops, "Dysfunctional Ash Groove" > Everyday People, Bubblehouse, Jelly Belly > Drum Solo, Crosstown Traffic; Encore: Chinoiserie; Critters Buggin opened for MMW | 100:57 | 26952 t t t s |
| 4/18/1997 | MMW
 | The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA | One Set Only: Just Like I Pictured It, Start/Stop, Fast Clicks, Disrobe > Open Improv > Dracula, Latin Shuffle, Bubblehouse; Encore: Coconut Boogaloo > Everyday People; Critters Buggin opened for MMW | 88:45 | 26953 t t s |
| 4/19/1997 | MMW | Palookaville, Santa Cruz, CA | Set 1: "Dysfunctional Ash Groove", Just Like I Pictured It, Open Improv/Intro > Start/Stop, Henduck, Hip Chops; Set 2: Disrobe > Open Improv/Intro > Fast Clicks, Drum Intro > Latin Shuffle (with Bass Solo), Macha > Wiggly's Way, Night Marchers, Pakalolo | 129:21 | 138256 t s |
| 4/20/1997 | MMW | San Jose State University, Ballroom, San Jose, CA | | | |
| 4/22/1997 | MMW | The Wild Duck, Eugene, OR | Set 1: Just Like I Pictured It, Start/Stop, Latin Shuffle > Coconut Boogaloo > Fast Clicks > Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus; Set 2: Unknown, Lifeblood, Improv > Wiggly's Way, Disrobe, Crosstown Traffic, Everyday People, Chubb Sub; not verified | | s |
| 4/23/1997 | MMW | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA | | | s |
| 4/24/1997 | MMW | La Luna, Portland, OR | Set 1: Chinoiserie, Start/Stop, Coconut Boogaloo > Open Improv > "Dysfunctional Ash Groove" > Drum Outro, Just Like I Pictured It; Set 2: Bubblehouse, Latin Shuffle, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus > Friday Afternoon In the Universe > Dracula > Fast Clicks > Disrobe > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub, Open Intro > Night Marchers; Encore: Everyday People | 145:19 | 83666 t t s |
| 4/25/1997 | MMW | The Backstage, Seattle, WA | Set 1: Latin Shuffle, Disrobe > Fast Clicks > Open Improv > Night Marchers, Hip Chops, The Lover; Set 2: Open Improv > Worms, Start/Stop, Crosstown Traffic > Open Improv, Just Like I Pictured It, "Dysfunctional Ash Groove" > Open Improv > Dracula, Bubblehouse, Coconut Boogaloo; Encore: Sequel | 130:19 | 89638 t s |
| 4/26/1997 | MMW | The Backstage, Seattle, WA | Set 1: Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Lifeblood > Think, Start/Stop, "Dysfunctional Ash Groove"# > Just Like I Pictured It#; Set 2: Fast Clicks, Disrobe, Latin Shuffle (with Bass Solo ) > Coconut Boogaloo#*, Everyday People, Crosstown Traffic#*; Encore: Bubblehouse; # with Steve Berlin on baritone sax (from Los Lobos); * with Skerik on tenor sax | 142:51 | 88490 t s |
| 5/2/1997 | John Medeski & Chris Wood | guest with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Contemporary Arts Center Warehouse, New Orleans, LA | 1 song: Ramblin' | 41:15 | 77963 t s |
| 5/2/1997 | MMW | Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA | One Set Only: Latin Shuffle, Start/Stop, Crosstown Traffic, Disrobe > Drum Solo, Fast Clicks, Just Like I Pictured It, Hip Chops, Bubblehouse; Opened for Bela Fleck & The Flecktones | 78:21 79:27 | 16209 t 34734 t t -25836- s |
| 5/3/1997 | MMW
 | Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA | One Set Only: Sequel, Chinoiserie, Start/Stop, Just Like I Pictured It#, Latin Shuffle#, Coconut Boogaloo > Night Marchers, Everyday People, Bass Solo > Chubb Sub; Encore: Bubblehouse, Disrobe; # with Michael Ray; The Dirty Dozen opened for MMW | 101:46 | 34735 t t s |
| 5/13/1997 | MMW | The Armory, Portland, ME | One Set Only: Night Marchers > Latin Shuffle | 64:15 | s |
| 5/14/1997 | MMW | Old Lantern Dancehall, Charlotte, VT | One Set Only: Fast Clicks > The Lover > Bubblehouse, Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps), Disrobe > Chubb Sub; Opened for Maceo Parker | 57:36 | 98997 t s |
| 5/16/1997 | MMW
 | The Orpheum, Boston, MA | One Set Only: Bubblehouse, Just Like I Pictured It, Latin Shuffle, Disrobe > Drum Solo > Fast Clicks, Coconut Boogaloo; Opened for Maceo Parker | 63:40 | 85124 t t s |
| 5/17/1997 | MMW | Pines Theater, Northampton, MA | Opened for Maceo Parker | | s |
| 5/18/1997 | MMW | Palace Theater, New Haven, CT | One Set Only: Jelly Belly, Unknown > Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself, Latin Shuffle, Crosstown Traffic, Unknown, Unknown, Bubblehouse; Opened for Maceo Parker; not verified | | s |
| 5/20/1997 | MMW | Stone Balloon, Newark, DE | | | |
| 5/21/1997 | MMW | Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA | One Set Only: Disrobe > Latin Shuffle > Chubb Sub, Start/Stop > Fast Clicks, Just Like I Pictured It > Chinoiserie, Bubblehouse; Opened for Maceo Parker | 72:37 | 89654 t s |
| 5/22/1997 | MMW | 9:30 Club, Washington, DC | with Maceo Parker | | s |
| 5/23/1997 | MMW | Millennium Center, Winston-Salem, NC | One Set Only: Think, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Coconut Boogaloo, Chubb Sub, Moti Mo, Disrobe, Bubblehouse, Crosstown Traffic | 58:32 | 16182 t s |
| 5/24/1997 | MMW | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL | One Set Only: Start/Stop, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, Disrobe > Coconut Boogaloo > Lifeblood > Sequel, Bubblehouse, Macha > Think, Just Like I Pictured It, The Lover > Everyday People, Night Marchers; Encore: Crosstown Traffic | 106:37 106:35 | 23960 t 82702 t s |
| 5/27/1997 | MMW | Orensanz Arts Center, New York, NY | One Set Only: Hermeto's Daydream, Hip Chops > Bass Solo > Latin Shuffle, Querencia > Drum Solo | 52:43 | 18 t s |
| 6/12/1997 | MMW | WXPN 88.5 World Cafe Radio, Tongue And Groove Studios, (Broadcast 7/11/1997), Philadelphia, PA | One Set Only: Interview, Improv > Disrobe, Interview, Latin Shuffle, Interview, Coconut Boogaloo > Everyday People | 55:20 | 8783 t s |
| 6/14/1997 | MMW | City Stages, Miller Lite Stage, Birmingham, AL | One Set Only: Improv > Wiggly's Way > Disrobe > Drum Solo > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub, Dracula# > Coconut Boogaloo, Night Marchers, Crosstown Traffic; Encore: Bubblehouse; # with Michael Ray | 78:25 | 143338 t s |
| 6/21/1997 | MMW | SummerStage, Central Park, New York, NY | One Set Only: Improv > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Hermeto's Daydream, Night Marchers, Coconut Boogaloo, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, Disrobe, Bubblehouse | 63:07 64:06 63:44 | 8410 89812 t s |
| 6/29/1997 | MMW | Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY | One Set Only: Open > Sequel, Lifeblood > Disrobe > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Drum Solo > Coconut Boogaloo > The Cape Verdean Blues | 56:45 56:45 | 80109 t t t s |
| 7/4/1997 | MMW | High Sierra Music Festival, Bear Valley, CA | One Set Only: Night Marchers, Think, Lifeblood > The Cape Verdean Blues, Just Like I Pictured It > Disrobe, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Chubb Sub; not verified | | s |
| 7/18/1997 | MMW | LoDo Music Festival, Denver, CO | | | |
| 7/23/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS | | | |
| 7/24/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO | | | |
| 7/25/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN | One Set Only: Open Improv > Hermeto's Daydream > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Jelly Belly, Dracula, Crosstown Traffic | 37:43 35:38 | 26955 t t t s |
| 7/27/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI | One Set Only: Improv > Night Marchers > Wiggly's Way, Chinoiserie, Bass solo > Chubb Sub | 29:35 | t |
| 7/29/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Riverbend Amphitheater, Cincinnati, OH | | | |
| 7/30/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH | One Set Only: Fast Clicks > Start/Stop, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, The Cape Verdean Blues, Lonely Avenue | 35:07 | 93853 t t s |
| 7/30/1997 | Chris Wood | "The Chris Wood Quartet plus 2", H.O.R.D.E. Festival, H.O.R.D.E.-O-Culture Stage Jam, Columbus, OH | with members of Morphine; One Set Only: 'Instant Song #1', Pulled Over The Car, Eleven O'Clock, Swing It Low, unknown instrumental snippet | 26:30 | t |
| 8/1/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, River's Edge, Somerset, WI | | | |
| 8/2/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI | | | |
| 8/2/1997 | John Medeski | H.O.R.D.E. Jam, H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Workshop Stage, East Troy, WI | One Set Only: Birthday Cake, 11 O'Clock, Pulled Over The Car, Lilah*; * no Les, but with "Jane" (Ben Folds 5) on cello; Les Claypool (bass), Dana Colley (baritone sax), Billy Conway (drums), John Medeski (clavinet, organ) & Mark Sandman (vocals, slide bass) | 33:19 | t s |
| 8/3/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL | One Set Only: Out Of This World, Just Like I Pictured It, Disrobe, Think, Bubblehouse | 28:56 | 92742 t t s |
| 8/3/1997 | John Medeski | H.O.R.D.E. Jam, H.O.R.D.E. Festival, New World Music Theatre, Workshop Stage, Tinley Park, IL | One Set Only: You Look Like Rain, Pulled Over The Car, I Was A Drunk, Swing It Low; Les Claypool (bass), Dana Colley (baritone sax), Billy Conway (drums), John Medeski (clavinet, organ), John Popper (harmonica) & Mark Sandman (vocals, slide bass) | 42:32 44:23 | 26610 t t t s |
| 8/5/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Vernon Downs, Vernon, NY | One Set Only: Improv > Henduck, Macha > Just Like I Pictured It, Crosstown Traffic | 33:52 | 13413 t t t s |
| 8/6/1997 | MMW | H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT | | | |
| 8/11/1997 | MMW | PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ | One Set Only: Where's Sly?, Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps), Lifeblood, Dracula, Bubblehouse; # with 25 piece orchestra conducted by David Campbell | 36:34 34:17 35:24 | 25486 25777 t 91466 t s |
| 8/16/1997 | MMW | Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI | Partial show (Filler on 8/12/2004): Latin Shuffle > Coconut Boogaloo, Interview | 10:34 10:32 10:35 | 25741 t t s |
| 8/30/1997 | MMW | Bumbershoot Festival, Memorial Stadium, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA | One Set Only: Dracula > Worms, Jelly Belly > Drum Solo > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Everyday People > Night Marchers, Bubblehouse | 52:31 | 93748 t -19- s |
| 9/6/1997 | MMW | Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, MI | One Set Only: Chinoiserie, Lifeblood, Latin Shuffle, Disrobe > Chubb Sub, Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus, Coconut Boogaloo, Night Marchers, Improv, Bubblehouse | 81:55 | 122462 t s |
| 9/14/1997 | MMW | Burt Bacharach Tribute, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY | One Set Only: What The World Needs Now > Do You Know The Way To San Jose, Trains And Boats And Planes, Mexican Divorce | 20:36 20:37 | 15046 93464 t s |
| 9/16/1997 | MMW | Electric Factory (Private party for MSNBC), Philadelphia, PA | | | s |
| 9/17/1997 | MMW | Knitting Factory (Private party for MSNBC), New York, NY | | | |
| 10/22/1997 | John Medeski | John Zorn's Emergency!, Knitting Factory, New York, NY | One Set Only: No Setlist Available | 65:28 65:29 | t t s |
| 11/8/1997 | John Medeski | John Zorn's Tribute to Larry Young, Knitting Factory, New York, NY | One Set Only: No Setlist Available | 58:52 58:51 | t s |
| 11/29/1997 | MMW | BAM Opera House, Brooklyn, NY | One Set Only: Improv > Combustication > Start/Stop, Sugar Craft, Coconut Boogaloo, No Ke Ano Ahiahi > Church Of Logic, Just Like I Pictured It, Latin Shuffle, Chubb Sub | 83:30 | 26251 t s |
| 12/3/1997 | MMW | Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA | Set 2: Coconut Boogaloo, Sugar Craft > Improv > Dracula, No Ke Ano Ahiahi, Going Home > This Here, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo > Worms, Just Like I Pictured It, Bubblehouse; Encore: Chinoiserie | 104:00 | 93734 t s |
| 12/4/1997 | MMW | Capitol Ballroom, Washington, DC | Set 1: Improv > Basso Profondo > Drum Solo > Improv, Naima, Disrobe > Wiggly's Way; Set 2: Start/Stop, Combustication > Just Like I Pictured It, The Cape Verdean Blues, No Ke Ano Ahiahi > Church Of Logic > Drum Solo, Night Marchers, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo; Encore: Sugar Craft > Chubb Sub | 137:55 138:53 140:31 | 4275 93797 t 6137 s |
| 12/5/1997 | MMW | Ritz Theater, Raleigh, NC | Set 1: Improv > Going Home > Hip Chops, Macha > Unknown; Set 2: Coconut Boogaloo, Just Like I Pictured It, Sugar Craft > Church Of Logic > Combustication > Everyday People, Think, This Here, Bubblehouse; Encore: No Ke Ano Ahiahi | 133:21 | 3989 t s |
| 12/6/1997 | MMW | Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN | Set 1: Improv > Basso Profondo > Improv, Big Time, The Cape Verdean Blues; Set 2: Improv* > Combustication > Start/Stop, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, Coconut Boogaloo, Just Like I Pictured It, Sugar Craft, No Ke Ano Ahiahi, This Here**, Night Marchers; Encore: Chubb Sub; * with Medeski on house pipe organ (Billy: "You saw it here first.") Show dedicated to the memory of Samurai Celestial; ** Bobby Timmons song | 139:18 | 26956 t t t s |
| 12/7/1997 | MMW | Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA | Set 1: Sugar Craft, Dracula, Church Of Logic > Drum Solo, Hip Chops, Lifeblood, Coconut Boogaloo; Set 2: Intro, Start/Stop, Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo, Disrobe, Just Like I Pictured It, No Ke Ano Ahiahi, Bubblehouse; Encore: Macha > Wiggly's Way | 128:43 | 972 t t t s |
| 12/8/1997 | MMW | Five Points South Music Hall, Birmingham, AL | Set 1: Improv > Henduck > Bass Solo, Sugar Craft* > Improv > No Ke Ano Ahiahi; Set 2: Church Of Logic > Coconut Boogaloo, Just Like I Pictured It, Start/Stop > Drum Solo, Jelly Belly > Latin Shuffle > Bass Solo; Encore: Bubblehouse; * with A Night In Tunisia teases in Improv | 161:26 142:21 | 28621 t 143342 t s |
MMW Performance History