Category: Jim Nelson
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Jim Nelson on the Drums and Several Great Rarities: JGMS at Keystone, October 4, 1974
LN jg1974-10-04.jgms.all.aud-falanga.8649.shn2flac This is great to hear. Three points of historical interest. 1) Louis Falanga’s onstage audience tapes are great documents. 2) Lots of interesting material including, here, some great jazz (“Valdez In The Country”, “People Make The World Go Round”, “Freedom Jazz Dance”), and a great rare (in the Garciaverse) Motown, “Ain’t No Mountain…
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Finders Keepers: JGMS with Jim Nelson on Drums, Keystone, October 5, 1974
LN jg1974-10-05.jgms.all.aud-falanga.8665.shn2flac I have no idea who Jim Nelson, the drummer, might be. There are some tempo issues all night long. I really like this period for JGMS. “La-La” and “Freedom Jazz Dance” are standouts to me. “Finders Keepers” is also pretty good. When these tapes came into the light, back before 9/11, they were…