Wall of Flowers

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]

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]

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 had not 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 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 scheduled for 2020 release.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "2019 BIG EGO Record Club". Big Ego Records. Retrieved October 27, 2019.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c d "Wall of Flowers". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Ensminger, David (October 22, 2019). "Mike Watt and the Art of Sublime Punk Invention". Houston Press. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Cohan, Brad (August 13, 2019). "Mike Baggetta: Genre-Blurring Guitar Hero". JazzTimes. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Wildsmith, Steve (April 24, 2019). "Guitarist Mike Baggetta finds impromptu collaboration grows good 'Flowers'". The Daily Times. Retrieved October 26, 2019.