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The Nola Allstars 2002-09-21 Chelseaâ€™s 
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decernber 28, 2018 by peakcaffeination 


I remember being at this show and it was very fun. The closest thing musically I can relate 
it to would be seeing Moore &, More but there was a different element here. I know there 
was a poster and remember Chris Wood being the featured name. Tim Green was the MVP, 
as much as anyone can be at a show with Stanton Moore on the drums. I remember 


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Chelseaâ€™s used to be my favorite local venue to see music. They eventually bought the 
building and turned it into a CVS or some bullshit. They moved to a spot a little further 
away from LSU. It was a great location, but not the same and being away from the student 
base was not ideal. Then they closed and there has been a musical hole in Baton Rouge 
ever since. There are other venues but none service the types of music I like in this size 
room. 

So this group consisted of Chris Wood on the double bass and bass guitar as the featured 
player from out of the area. I love some MMW (there new album is amazing) but this show 
was not about one player at all. Total team effort. Tim Green played Sax and was simply 
unbelievable. Stanton Moore was on drums. A lot of people know Stanton from Galactic 
but I would say he can do just about anything. I havenâ€™t seen them around in a while but 
Stanton used to have a group called Moore &, More which allowed him more room than 
Galactic to show his talents. I have some shows I will discuss in the future where Stanton 
essentially puts on a clinic. He is a generational drumming talent in my view. Brian Seeger 
was on guitar, I have only seen him before with Moore &, More and heâ€™s a talented, mostly 
rhythm, guitarist that is an excellent team player. I would suggest that Seeger anchoring 
things on guitar allows Stanton to do his thing. Finally on keys was Baton Rougeâ€™s own 
Brian Coogan on the keys playing fantastically. 

The first set started with what I discovered was a Brian Seeger original. It was all over the 
place but fantastic. It was an excellent vehicle for this group to show off there improv 
skills. The second tune sounds extremely familiar (if you know please let me know in the 
comments). It sounds very similar to Alabama by Coltrane but I donâ€™t believe it is. It was a 
vehicle for Tim Green and he was exceptional. The band launched into the Stanton Moore 
classic Sprung Monkey and it was as good as ever. They moved in the Beatles classic, I 
Want You (Sheâ€™s So Heavy). It was played with reverence and joy, despite my typical 
reservations of jazz renditions of rock classics. The set closed with a Brian Coogan original 
that left you wanting more (&. Moore). 

The set break was oddly long. To the point where I started looking around to make sure 
everything was o.k. I went out on the patio to smoke (when I still did such things) and 
remember having a chat with Tim Green. I donâ€™t remember what we talked about but it was 
mostly telling him how much I loved what he did up there and he was just chatting about 
music with a couple people. Coogan mentioned when they got back on stage that Stanton 
was having stomach problems. You couldnâ€™t tell by the playing though. They quickly 
launched in Bemsha Swing. This is a Monk original that I know Johnny Vidacovich loves 
and plays with a variety of different bands. I canâ€™t say for certain but I bet this was played 


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(shouted out during the show) and I know Deborah was there (I donâ€™t remember if 
was). Iâ€™m pretty sure that Deborah had done the booking on this show as well. Then they 
played a interesting tune that Brian Seeger identified a Grant Slant by Charlie Dennard 
(the New Orleans keyboard stud). Things ended quickly and the band returned for a 
banging encore of Whipping Post that got the crowd really fired up. This was a true show 
stopper. 

I remember this show being fire and my recent relistens did not disappoint. I have become 
highly nostalgic about all the great music played at the old since Iâ€™ve been listening to this 
one. I highly recommend. 


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Johnny 


Setlist: 

Setl: 

1) Nobodyâ€™s Blues [Seeger] -> 

2) unknown -> 

3) Sprung Monkey [Moore] -> 

4) I Want You (Sheâ€™s So Heavy) [Beatles] -> 

5) James Brown [Coogan] 

Set 2: 

1) Bemsha Swing [Monk] 

2) Grant Slant [Charlie Dennard] 

Encore: 

3) Whipping Post [Allman Brothers] 

Stanton Moore on Drums 
Chris Wood on Bass 
Brian Seeger on Guitar 
Tim Green on Saxophone 
Brian Coogan on Keys 

(special help from Brian Seeger on the setlist, thanks!) 

On The Recordings: 

Chelseaâ€™s may have been one of my favorite music clubs but it was not one of my favorite 
places to record. I asked if I could record on stage and was told there was no space which I 
bet was true. The stage had no space between the band and crowd so wherever I would 
have put the stand there would have been some guy screaming Freebird all night. I have 


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almost at the ceiling and aim the mics down. It was about 10' from the stage in the center. 
That spot got pretty good sound but nothing could filter out how fucking noisy that place 
was. It probably isnâ€™t much different than an average music club but still I wish people 
would take the chatter outside. Other than that Iâ€™m happy. Iâ€™m pretty sure itâ€™s the only 
recording of this show. 


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