#  @fredktompkins Fred Tompkins Fred Tompkins posts on YouTube about papa, st louis, fred, jr the most. They currently have [---] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---] [#](/creator/youtube::UCWcsrdcVoGt9A2L8B4_NtXA/interactions)  - [--] Week [---] +108% - [--] Month [---] +417% - [--] Months [-----] -36% - [--] Year [-----] +2,700% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/youtube::UCWcsrdcVoGt9A2L8B4_NtXA/posts_active)  - [--] Months [--] -73% - [--] Year [---] +3,750% ### Followers: [---] [#](/creator/youtube::UCWcsrdcVoGt9A2L8B4_NtXA/followers)  - [--] Week [---] no change - [--] Month [---] +1.40% - [--] Months [---] +12% - [--] Year [---] +39% ### CreatorRank: undefined [#](/creator/youtube::UCWcsrdcVoGt9A2L8B4_NtXA/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) **Social topic influence** [papa](/topic/papa), [st louis](/topic/st-louis) #661, [fred](/topic/fred), [jr](/topic/jr), [greg](/topic/greg), [jim](/topic/jim), [glen](/topic/glen), [in the](/topic/in-the), [play](/topic/play), [senegal](/topic/senegal) **Top assets mentioned** [Moog Inc. (MOG.A)](/topic/moog) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Rolling Melodies This improv remains tonal and lyrical from beginning to end however we lapse spontaneously into a nice rolling tempo about half way through. I'm playing alto flute here Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer with some beautiful counterlines to my solo part and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. accents with smooth yet propulsive rhythmic patterns. Enjoy alto flute Fred Tompkins Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog synth. 'Papa' percussion St. Louis lyrical smooth rhapsodic alto flute Fred Tompkins Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog synth. 'Papa' percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z8SbOr_JtI4) 2026-02-13T18:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Like Kittens - take [--] We put an emphasis upon stealthy entrances dynamics and close interaction here with Greg Mills on piano Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy interactive dynamic stealthy Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis Jim Hegarty Moog interactive dynamic stealthy Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis Jim Hegarty Moog" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hIinYpccGTI) 2026-02-13T18:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Like Kittens - take [--] Our 2nd shot at this concept of fleeting dynamics and spontaneous spacial effects. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy fleeting dynamic interactive flute Greg Mills. piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis Fred Tompkins fleeting dynamic interactive flute Greg Mills. piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis Fred Tompkins" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0zUTm7kfuaE) 2026-02-13T16:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Pentachord - take [--] In this approach pianist Greg Mills has chosen a sequence of five notes to start out which the rest of us extend freely but in general follow the order of the notes. I'm on alto flute here Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa'Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy cerebral meditative loose Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis cerebral meditative loose Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2U1z0vTlCCw) 2026-02-13T12:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Pentachord - take [--] We start out improvising on pianist Greg Mills's five note tone row and then evolve gradually into a very melodic and tonal postlude. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here. Enjoy textural contrasting interactive Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog 'Papa' percussion St. Louis textural contrasting interactive Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog 'Papa' percussion St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gGBtMcqEVlQ) 2026-02-13T12:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "A Very Spacial Swing After a quite inventive duo / trio section featuring Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion then Greg Mills entering on piano we segue into one of our more dissonant and spacially abstracted versions of the swing feel. Then I slide in and the level of interaction intensifies. Enjoy interactive abstract atonal Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis interactive abstract atonal Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jKMcb06igxM) 2026-02-13T17:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Reactions - take [--] Greg Mills alternates back and forth between playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. fills in with nicely timed mallet rolls as we build together in this high energy version of "Reactions". energetic precise interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis energetic precise interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-NirtMGWy_Y) 2026-02-06T12:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Happy Henri Extended One of our more exploratory versions of this upbeat improv we vary the range somewhat more than usual as I switch from alto flute to bass flute half way through and Greg Mills compliments that change quite well both registrally and tonally. Enjoy driving happy broad-ranging Fred Tompkins alto flute bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis driving happy broad-ranging Fred Tompkins alto flute bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3jTF4kTdJto) 2026-01-26T16:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "That's How We Do It In The Lou After a short piano / synth. duo I enter on bass flute and then climb to the C flute as the music intensifies Jim Hegarty adds some very poignant and punchy accents to the mix while Greg Mills plays both inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds accents and textures at just the right spots. Enjoy spacial interactive intense Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis spacial interactive intense Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6GLtskcksOA) 2026-02-13T12:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Free Swing On this improv we just started playing in a tonally very open and a-rhythmic style weaving in and out of one another's phrases as we went. Greg Mills is on piano (such free and creative comping here) while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps a very nice floating pulse going on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HjIq8vaYXog) 2026-02-06T01:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Quietude (2/3/26 ver.) I play bass flute on this solemn yet lyrical version of "Quietude" as Greg Mills fills in touchingly on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds dynamic and such poignantly well timed attacks on the gong cymbal and chimes. Enjoy bass flute Fred Tompkins lyrical solemn melodic 'Papa' percussion gong cymbal chimes Greg Mills St. Louis bass flute Fred Tompkins lyrical solemn melodic 'Papa' percussion gong cymbal chimes Greg Mills St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RVVnQ6hG7Dk) 2026-02-06T12:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Jump Out As the title implies I jump out at the top - then we then all flow together followed by Jim Hegarty emerging with a quite energetic solo on Moog synthesizer accompanied by myself Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) weaving in and out so responsively. Enjoy responsive soloist energetic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis responsive soloist energetic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VAP8MI6l-Is) 2026-02-02T16:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "St Louis Senegal (alto flute ver.) A churning driving rendition of our fast triple time improv dedicated to our St. Louis sister city in Senegal. Greg Mills is on piano I'm on alto flute here and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it driving hard on percussion. Enjoy in tense driving triple time Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis 'Papa' percussion in tense driving triple time Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis 'Papa' percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aiZnEc5r5go) 2026-02-05T23:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team Incursions This is a slightly more active version of "Tag Team" than our usual because we interject a short full ensemble section in between each round of solos. I'm alternating between bass flute and C flute here Greg Mills is playing melodica inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy solos answering phrases interactive Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis melodica solos answering phrases interactive Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis melodica" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gja7SFxdivQ) 2026-02-05T23:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Intersections We play quite melodically and tonally in the first half of this improv but then segue into a lilting swing section for the second half deviating to some extent from the original key center. I'm playing alto flute here; Greg Mills accompanies and interacts with such great versatility on piano; Jim Hegarty always has something interesting to say on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it interactive and flowing on percussion. Enjoy episodic interactive lyrical Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis episodic interactive" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jfFuC1uGZtc) 2026-02-02T12:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "St Louis Senegal (1/30/26 ver.) We've got a lively West African pulse churning away on this improv the title of which is named after our sister city there. Both Greg Mills (piano) and Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer w/ theremin antenna) fill in with some very subtle yet driving counter lines to my solo part while Glen Papa Wright Jr. captures that West African triple time feel perfectly on percussion Enjoy upbeat melodic St. Louis Fred Tompkins flute infectious Jim Hegarty Moog synth. Greg Mills 'Papa' percussion piano upbeat melodic St. Louis Fred Tompkins flute infectious Jim Hegarty Moog" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p5lZAXeqUaA) 2026-02-01T20:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Two Temperaments And A Coda We contrast a very melodic and tonal first half with a dissonant and darting second half then end with a short return to tonality at the end. All the guys pick up the subtleties and mood changes so instinctively here Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm on alto flute and C flute. lyrical tonal atonal fleeting Fred Tompkins C flute Him Hegarty Moog synth 'Papa' percussion St. Louis alto flute lyrical tonal atonal fleeting Fred Tompkins C flute Him Hegarty Moog synth 'Papa' percussion St. Louis alto" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pnZVeAWAi3I) 2026-02-13T16:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Reactions - take [--] Our 3rd take of this quite free yet dynamically varied improv - I'm on C flute Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy interactive intense dynamic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis interactive intense dynamic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rziqffhx49s) 2026-02-06T00:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Jim's Porto Jim Hegarty takes the lead here on Moog synthesizer by establishing a sense of sliding pitches and textural effects while the rest of us answer in our own ways: Greg Mills inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on flute. Enjoy textural responsive noise portamento Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis textural responsive noise portamento Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sg1XtKlN--k) 2026-02-01T13:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Quietude (4/10/25 ver.) - take [--] A very short and peaceful improv with myself on alto flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-3xxfszjX0g) 2025-04-13T16:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Escape (7/17/25 ver.) - take [--] An all out totally free improv here with some light cueing for spontaneous dynamics and phrasing. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds some great dynamics and textures on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-EMtOFkm92Y) 2025-07-20T13:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet High energy almost from beginning to end these two masters of free improv Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keep it happening" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-JkxasQWkG0) 2025-08-07T21:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Fast Acting We keep up the motion and energy pretty well throughout this free improv but also like to challenge one another with a few spontaneous dynamic shifts. I'm on alto flute here while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. mans the percussion and Greg Mills keeps it really interesting by swithing back and forth between playing inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-osL0SxG5F4) 2025-10-04T15:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet #2 Another killer duet by Greg Mills piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. percussion. This one takes its time going through lots of deifferent moods and tempos. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0IHpWkzGmfg) 2023-08-31T21:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Four Bagatelles - take [--] This basic concept for an improv was arranged by our pianist Greg Mills as a four movement form with a different combination of players in each of the four sections. Then at the end we come together for a full ensemble finale. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing an alto flute and then a C flute for the finale. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0wIilSrERlc) 2025-09-25T20:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Eastern Shades of Tonality What starts out here as fairly straight forward tonal melodicism gradually evolves in sliding chromaticism and angular pitch bending. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=18hVyN4Pzio) 2025-07-13T08:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Escape (7/17/25 ver.) - take [--] A totally free improv but with plenty of space for dynamics and textural contrast. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. mans the percussion. with such variety" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1xvfzfFoIUY) 2025-07-20T12:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Shades of Tonality Some deep broad ranging pitches and sounds here as we work generally within the the confines of tonality. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. anchors the improv with his gong cymbal and compliments with his chimes; Greg Mills fills in so musically on piano and Jim Hegarty fills in quite sonorously on Moog synthesizer. I'm playing bass flute on this one. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2AoyPR4N5oM) 2025-07-13T11:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Ethereal - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/1/25 A largely melodic and lyrical improv here diverging from tonality and temperament only briefly in the final section (iow a real coda). I'm on alto flute while Greg Mills fills in so beautifully on piano" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2dyDzgKyDNI) 2025-07-07T20:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Ricercare A relatively long single section improv at least for us but we do explore the various dynamics and spacial possibilities of free playing. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3EH49xyyeg0) 2025-08-09T18:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg Mills & Damon Smith - live at Jack's Joint - set [--] Opening the evening with a fast moving (for the most part) set of virtuoso musicianship and close interaction between these two masters of free improvisation: Greg Mills - piano and Damon Smith - double bass. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3GcNsrw4nbc) 2025-05-15T15:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Flexible Freedom - take [--] An all out free improv here with plenty of fast intuitive interaction. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is picking up all the quick changes so well on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3i04B5SoSzs) 2025-03-17T19:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Alto Melodies - take [--] A slightly more extended version of our three part form this time with some interesting and interactive pauses and dynamics in the middle section. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing curved alto here. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4HhGym5bwPc) 2025-10-11T17:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Jim duet This time the two masters of free form duet improvisation are focusing on a softer more subdued level of intensity. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Jim Hegarty is working a Moog synthesizer with theremin antenna attached. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4jWMNUxXias) 2025-04-20T14:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Fast Tracking In The Lou A pretty spritely free improv here as we manage to keep it in a positive sounding major mode throughout. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4pX7yawpqsk) 2023-08-31T22:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Reflections Having lost many of our tall beautiful trees in the tornado which ravaged the Central West End and the North Side I feel that this short elegy may express some of the latent sadness we all feel around this time. By choosing to limit his playing exclusively to the left hand Greg Mills improvises a simple counterline so ingeniously to my alto flute improv" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4t0fMNcYr3A) 2025-06-07T18:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "A Loping Gait - take [--] We choose a major key and a medium-up tempo swing for this improv featuring Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5GoYi2oghFM) 2025-03-17T18:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Evanescence Some slithering and illusive elements in play here: with Greg Mills on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and myself on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5YKIT0hUvxg) 2025-06-29T18:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa The all time masters of high energy interactive duet playing: Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5wSQ4y3vu6w) 2025-06-22T19:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Turn Of Events - take [--] This version travels through three different phases of development opening with a totally free section of improv following with a quiet lyrical movement and ending with a driving Latin pulse to the finish. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is making all the changes beautifully on percussion while Greg Mills plays the first section (after a short intro) on sopranino melodica and then switches to piano. I stick with the alto flute throughout. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6LdQNhpAliI) 2025-04-12T18:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Quietude (4/10/25 ver.) - take [--] A nice gentle piece this time with myself on alto flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. filling in some beautiful gong and chime sounds on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6mbLrxsdATg) 2025-04-13T14:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Gong Release (5/1/25 ver.) For this free improv we have an episodic form starting with a slow somber movement featuring my bass flute Greg Mills's beautiful piano chording and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.'s gong cymbal and array of percussion sounds. We then segue through a brief Latin transition and into a driving medium up tempo swing. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Tve6-GvTLo) 2025-05-04T13:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Turn Of Events - take [--] This improv travels through three different phases starting with free / atonal through quiet / lyrical and ending with fast atonal intensity.and a surprisingly abrupt ending (yes this is actually how it ended). Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7bSNYCWKPDQ) 2025-04-13T12:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Very Distant (3/14/25 ver.) - take [--] A slightly melancholy improv here with myself on alto flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7pLp0JK3wG8) 2025-03-17T15:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg Mills / Danny Pankratz duo - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 5/1/25 Describing some beautiful Berg-like phrases Greg Mills (piano) and Danny Pankratz (electric guitar) play marvelously together here in this totally improvised duet performance. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=899ISUJm40A) 2025-07-07T19:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Bilateral Inventions Greg Mills pushes this free improv right into swing from the very start but when Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. enters on percussion and hand pan the meter becomes more asymmetrical and I stay right in that mode throughout my flute solo until the last section where we open all up into a more relaxed melodic environment. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8JbtG2QDZz0) 2025-10-04T12:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team (4/425 ver.) This version of "Tag Team" spends some real time with quiet simple answering phrases back and forth combined with full ensemble improvs but then builds to a rousing climax at the end and a few surprise false endings. Greg Mills in on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I start out on bass flute here before switching to C flute toward the end. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8gz3xn4yHiw) 2025-04-06T13:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Sonority In this quite lyrical improv George Sams employs his mellow flugelhorn sound to compliment my bass flute line while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds some very tasteful effects on percussion and Greg Mills fills in beautifully on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9C_0AkMcggk) 2025-06-22T19:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Alex Cunningham - solo violin - live at Jack's Joint (3rd set) A constant flow of ideas here as Alex Cunningham connects a seamless variety of extended techniques on solo acoustic violin - 'live' at Jack's Joint 5/13/25. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9M_FZiqyfys) 2025-05-15T04:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Levitation A wide open free improv with lots of energy and back and forth interaction. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is filling in the spaces beautifully on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Vuyv36M-k4) 2025-05-04T12:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Fleeting Sounds A wide open totally free improv this time but with lots of carefull listening to one another and interjection of space and dynamics. This one features Greg Mills on piano Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AEDFFGnZ5wU) 2025-06-30T11:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Corkey - take [--] Atonal yet somehow slightly breezy and whimsical. I'm on alto flute here and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ASEnaTv-zNY) 2025-05-31T16:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet - swing A back and forth conversation between two of the great improvisers in our St. Louis area Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion comprise the opening section of this free improv followed by a rousing second half of driving swing. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BCZ-OzRHA0I) 2025-04-06T14:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet A super energetic and interactive duet by two great masters of free improv Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Ppapa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CKVUpJiiSE8) 2025-04-13T15:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Freedom - take [--] This is a totally free form improv but with lots of open space between phrases and fast back and forth dialog happening. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen Papa Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C_yXn26OhR8) 2025-04-20T18:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Greg / Papa duet A typically outgoing (and occassionally raucous) duet performance by two of our very best improvisers: Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Caxfqxtb4P8) 2025-07-20T10:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Spaces In Motion An all out free improv to kick off today's session with Greg Mills playing both inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. rolling along with great subtlety yet intensity on percussion and Jim Hegarty filling in a broad range of sounds. and some perfect bass notes on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DEhTLmw6yH4) 2025-09-25T20:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Simple Swing A loose floating 3/4 swing feel this time although it does intensify at about the half way point with pianist Greg Mills adding runs and interactive phrases. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is keeping (and building) a very nice pulse on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DzLOEP4Ur0Y) 2025-09-20T20:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Asteroid Landing This improv intensifies gradually as it progresses moving from lyrical playing on bass flute and piano (Greg Mills) to more intensity and atonality as I switch to C flute and both Greg and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. pick up the speed and volume level. Then we return to quietude at the very end. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ExW_7bB_NHM) 2025-09-14T11:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "From The Continent (5/9/25 ver.) This one has a nice West African groove to it with percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. leading the way. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F-1YRBEDHHY) 2025-05-11T23:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Expansion We keep it fairly homogenous and lyrical here with myself on bass flute Jim Hegarty on Moog synth. Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion making some very beautiful sounds on the gong and chimes" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F5h4RPCDSoE) 2025-08-09T16:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Corkey - take [--] Though very chromatic and unresolved this improv has some great interaction with plenty of smooth flowing lines. I'm on alto flute here and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F_60T_LNuF4) 2025-05-31T08:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Holding On - take [--] A high energy hard edged improv where we compliment one another in this case by locking into certain rhythmic figures as they present themselves in the moment. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G_eLPCN4kUg) 2025-06-07T13:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "On Point Slightly shorter phrases and contrasting articulations characterize this free improv featuring Greg Mills playing inside the piano then on the keys Jim Hegarty working his Moog synthesizer with theremin antenna to great effect and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. scampering in and out of all the phrases. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh4ZSYkgY_4) 2025-07-13T11:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Happy Henri - take [--] A nice peppy duo version of our improv "Happy Henri" dedicated to my [--] month old grandson - featuring Greg Mills on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GnGUaJ8xrRg) 2025-05-31T22:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Kalimba's Mode (9/24/25 ver.) With Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. sustaining sounds on the amplified kalimba and Jim Hegarty holding notes on the Moog synthesizer a general ambiant effect is created as a pad for Greg Mills's melodica solo and my bass flute solo (s). Jim also takes a very short but beautiful and nicely exotic solo on the synth" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HVmP0fbyd3E) 2025-09-25T19:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Elegy Extended This time with our "elegy" concept we expand into a free section and build the music before relaxing back into melodicism at the end. I'm on bass flute here while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HeHVDNU-gBc) 2025-08-07T20:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Duet To Swing Pretty rambunctious from beginning to end this free improv starts with a high energy Greg Mills / Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. duet and then segues to fast swing as I enter on C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I5kgwN9LYg0) 2025-07-28T15:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "High Energy After a short piano solo by Greg Mills I enter on flute and the energy keeps building from there. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion.driving hard all the way" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IBjBl_RbxaQ) 2025-08-07T19:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Drop Out This one is pretty energetic from beginning to end but we do create some dynamic and textural variation by having players drop out freely and then re-enter a few moments later. I'm on alto flute and C flute Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer w/ theremin and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Igz83S8HpIg) 2025-04-20T11:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Round Table Swing - take [--] We try out a new approach to playing in swing time here: Instead of taking regular medium length solos in this case we alternate relatively short solos and keep it going around until we all come together at the end. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J0iUWu2kTO8) 2025-08-23T16:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Round Table Swing - take [--] Our 2nd take of this improv alternating back and forth with quick solos but this time Papa solos out of tempo when his turn comes around. I think this gives the whole flow a little more variety. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JSXrAB-xc5Q) 2025-08-23T15:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Voyage (quartet ver. 1) A multi-sectional improv this one starts with a longish quite melodic statement featuring alto flute with some beautifully interactive accompaniment by Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. We then segue through an atonal section focusing on textural effects as I switch to bass flute and Greg plays inside the piano and from there we slide into a medium-up tempo swing section before returning to lyricism at the end. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JU8UmIgy9V0) 2025-08-09T18:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Free Swing Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. start out with a short duet before segueing into a medium - up tempo swing and my entry on C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KGRORdsFopE) 2025-07-20T11:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg's Form Our pianist Greg Mills designed this overall approach to developing an improv whereby we start out with just simple one note statements from each player and then build up from there. I'm on bass flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright. Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kh2ZgqVJW3c) 2025-05-04T14:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Very Distant (9/12/25 ver.) As with the upper partials of a French Horn (which is technically a very low ranging instrument) the upper register of bass flute also has that slightly yearning 'in your head' sound when played in tune. On this free improv Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L-oiQoQf-gg) 2025-09-14T10:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Suddenly - take [--] Lots of split second starts and stops in this highly interactive free improv featuring Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lf3l8gUC5j0) 2025-05-19T20:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Duo Out Front This impov starts out with a terrific duet performance by pianist Greg Mills and Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty then joining in at about the half way point Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N0XegHAhmG8) 2025-06-30T00:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Rolling Improv A totally free improv to start out our session here yet with plenty of attention paid to frequent dynamics and spacial insertions. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NUsliiO4560) 2025-09-14T12:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team Textures - take [--] I start out on bass flute here with a short solo and Greg Mills follows playing inside the piano with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. soloing third on percussion. We keep going around but soon I switch to alto flute as the intensity builds and we finally come together as a full enemble. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NZkGpad58wo) 2025-05-19T09:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Arhythmic Trialogue A multi- sectional improv this time covering my full range of flutes (bass then alto finally soprano) and a full range of styles from sparse / atonal to soft / lyrical to driving (though quasi-rhythmic at times) Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is managing all the tricky changes on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ny1Lygg2Q_w) 2025-04-13T14:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Three Part Spacial - take [--] Our 2nd take of this free improv displaying a variety of sounds textures and tempos. I'm on bass flute and Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OR_JbD5XwjQ) 2025-05-31T16:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg Directs (5/1/25 ver.) Pianist Greg Mills directs the action on this improv by signaling the entries and when the music should be quiet or loud. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OeB3ohSdraU) 2025-05-04T17:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Two Temperaments - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/5/25 With Jim Hegarty on piano here we improvise within a two part form - atonal and angular in the first half then lyrical and diatonically tonal in the second half. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHIczpLSreE) 2025-07-07T18:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Cloud Forms - Take [--] Lots of floating and lyrical melodies in this free improv whereby I start on bass flute and then switch to C flute at the end. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion Greg Mills - piano and Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer add just the right harmonic and melodic cushion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QBAsiBo1bNg) 2025-06-29T23:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Spatulas This time we improvise a slightly more whimsical version leaving spaces in between the various sounds and textures. Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys while I stick to bass flute here. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QfKD4V3jE04) 2025-06-07T13:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Fred / Papa duet Some quick intuitive interplay going on here as Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr and I exchange phrases. I'm playing bass flute on this one. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RN81qW5yNao) 2025-03-22T19:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Fred Tompkins Trio - live at Jack's Joint (2nd set) Seven different improvs on this set varying in tempo and mood with Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and acoustic piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on C flute alto flute and bass flute. Unfortunately we get to see only a flash of the alto because I managed to be off camera in the 2nd improv. (one of those unintentional Mahlerian off stage effects I suppose.) Enjoy in any case" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RSO-j7vHq1g) 2025-05-15T08:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa swing duet Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) really stretch out here with a driving propulsive and interactive duet. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RhnETaJhyXM) 2025-07-20T12:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "An Irish Landscape (6/4/25 ver.) A simple melodic version of this improv with peaceful reflections of rolling green fields - myself on alto flute - Greg Mills on piano" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SZpfSz4JPEQ) 2025-06-07T11:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Finale Various rhythmic permutations of the wholetone scale predominate in this up tempo free improv with myself on alto flute and Greg Mills on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SeFd9nB7iLE) 2025-05-31T07:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Happy Henri with modulations - take [--] A rhythmically free but intentionally upbeat improv for my grandson Henri. This one modulates in the opening section and then picks up rhythmic intensity in the middle section before returning to lyricism at the end. Greg Mills is on piano playing so lyrically and cueing in the changes while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. builds dramatically but with great dynamic control" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SrYwfffv4Ow) 2025-07-20T12:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Overlapping (quartet ver.) Starting with a Glen' 'Papa' Wright Jr. solo then adding Greg Mills on melodica and finally Jim Hegarty on Moog synth. and myself on flute we fill out the quartet and eventually segue into a driving Latin feel right to the end. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sryc4olZAXQ) 2025-08-09T16:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Elegy For Stan Jones (2/28/24 ver.) Making use of the gong sound here as a kind of drone (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) we keep the tone fairly low key building very slightly at about the half way point. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer and I'm on bass flute" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TY1DVW8JYFE) 2024-02-29T21:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Spacial Textures Lots of noise-like textures and sounds going on here as I begin on bass flute then switch to C flute at about the half way point. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is playing percussion and focussing on his new set of miniature cow bells. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tc_YGI9d6jY) 2025-04-27T17:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet A fast intense quassi-swing feel on this one executed by two of the very best - Greg Mills piano; and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on drums. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8b5mm39_Y) 2025-03-17T11:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Into The Light (9/4/25 ver.) Percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. and I (bass flute) start out on this one focusing on noise and textural effects. Then as Greg Mills enters playing at first inside the piano we gradually open up into melodies and tonality" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TzzocdALqG8) 2025-09-10T07:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Finality (4/10/25 ver.) A very simple and lyrical statement on alto flute with floating percussion and piano sounds by Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. and Greg Mills" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UEA71KLvZlE) 2025-04-13T03:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Quartet - Tompkins - Mills Kosieradzki Harris - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/1/25 I'm playing bass flute here and focussing on textural sounds while tenor saxophonist Lex Kozieradzki pianist Greg Mills and master of electronics Kevin Harris all blend together so beautifully" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UXAHiWJRXHQ) 2025-07-07T20:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Submersive - take [--] Understated pretty much from beginning to end this breathy improv combines sounds and noise effects with simple melodic fragments. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing bass flute here" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uauw79MgvWA) 2025-05-20T00:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Nimbus Melodically and texturally simple and continuous this improv features Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr's light touch and gong cymbal while Greg Mills fills in tastefully on piano and I play somewhat quietly on bass flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UgxGWmblitg) 2025-07-20T11:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet - swing The guys really pour it on with this fiery free swinging duet. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UiVr3rxpJHc) 2025-04-27T16:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Hotstop Percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. sets up a quirky pulse on this one while Greg Mills (piano) and I try to keep up" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Up55-RVyr6E) 2025-05-04T11:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Archway I'm playing alto flute at the beginning and end here while the middle section is filled out with some fast energetic swinging on C flute as Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. switches from amplified kalimba at the beginning to sticks and cymbals then back to kalimba. Greg Mills glides through all the style changes with ease on piano. Basically I would say that a strongly modal influence is felt throughout this improv" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UvsavnGVd8U) 2025-09-09T15:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Far Easterley - take [--] A loosely floating free improv this time with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. playing an amplified kalimba Greg Mills on piano and myself on alto flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uya54DZhe1w) 2025-03-10T10:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Melodic Episodes In this free improv we alternate between tonal lyrical statements and all out high energy pointillism. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V0ZC0pgesSg) 2025-08-07T19:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Happy Henri with modulations - take [--] A rhythmically free but intentionally upbeat improv for my grandson Henri. This one modulates in the opening section and then segues into a quasi-tonal middle section before returning to lyricism at the end. Greg Mills is on piano playing so lyrically and cueing in the changes while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. builds dramatically but with great dynamic control" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V3p97PFurro) 2025-07-20T12:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Merge To Swing We go into swing almost right away and stay there to the end. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W9JC8gB7n2Y) 2025-05-03T22:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Fred / Jim / Papa - trio We play some quite interesting textures on this free improv but also superimpose a few melodic ideas on top. I'm playing bass flute here Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XaGMHLAPeXk) 2025-06-14T18:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Alto Cuban Extensions I begin on alto flute here with a short melodic section. Then we all segue into the main rhythmic section of the piece trading solos as we go as I switch to C flute Greg Mills takes the 2nd solo on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it driving hard on percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XxvldFoJZOs) 2025-05-19T05:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Boxwood Rhythms (3/21/25 ver.) - take [--] A hard driving version of our latin tinged improv - with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. pushing the tempo on percussion and Greg Mills filling in with some well placed accents and tremollos on piano" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YMMkzDPQY1M) 2025-03-28T16:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "An Irish Landscape (5/15/25 ver.) - take [--] We keep the tonality simple and lyrical here as I stick with the bass flute throughout Greg Mills plays around a two note figure and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. fills in on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YO8SAHhPF0Y) 2025-05-19T11:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Trio Inventions Something a little wild and fun this time: After a quiet section on alto flute Greg Mills jumps out with a beautifully fugal improv transition to my re-entry on C flute but this time Im playing on the head joint exclusively (in response to Papas high whistle). Its an art form to control the pitches with just the right hand but I think the ensemble effect is pretty good here" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YODtiK15eQs) 2025-04-06T15:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Jim / Papa trio Some lightening fast interaction going on here between free improv masters Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) Greg Mills (on the keys and inside the piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion). Listen also to their imaginative use of dynamics and pauses" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YS9LsYROx0k) 2025-09-20T19:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Happy Henri - Extended A super happy 'Henri' this time with a slightly deviant excursion into atonality at about the 2/3rds point. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YrrgbNAHdo8) 2025-09-09T14:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Lilting A floating yet ultimately intense swing feel on this improv. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is keeping a very nice 3/4 pulse going on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z12dJIWbt5U) 2025-09-25T15:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Jim / Papa - trio A fiery super-interactive trio improv from three of the great masters of the art form: Greg Mills - inside the piano and on the keys; Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZlRJ9g6P82k) 2025-08-09T18:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Curvng Away (3/21/25 ver.) - take [--] In this version I start out on alto flute with a short opening section before we segue to atonality for a longer outing and then return to lyricism at the end. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZqNRM6-S9iU) 2025-03-23T12:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Jim / Papa trio Some lightning fast and imaginative interaction going on in this free improv trio featuring Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_4Ki_I_EUBM) 2025-09-25T14:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Freedom - take [--] - our 2nd take of this very general free form approach with Greg Mills on piano (and occasionally inside the piano) Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer w/ theremin antenna Glen Papa Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_fnmOWMGWP0) 2025-04-20T15:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Happy Henri - take [--] Lots of fast interactive ideas flying around on this version with Greg Mills on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aPYB0WrK-LM) 2025-05-31T13:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Up A Notch - take [--] Two layers of intensity here: The first with Greg Mills on soprano melodica and myself on alto flute and the second layer pushing it up a notch with Greg Mills switching to sopranino melodica as I climb up a 4th to soprano flute. And all the while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is complimenting everything so beautifully on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ahCZeC2ZMTI) 2025-03-17T21:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Quick Stop - take [--] Our 3rd take of this free improv but this time with slightly faster moving lines. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cEPOj9WeRDA) 2025-06-01T00:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Floating (alto flute ver.) In this short lyrical improv we do like to keep the modality between major and minor somewhat flexible. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing my new alto flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dKGC83xQuW4) 2025-05-04T17:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Suspensions Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) and I (bass flute) frequently hold out long tones here allowing the others (Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion) to float in and out with longer phrases. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dX5LMQdDTY4) 2025-04-20T12:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Voyage (quartet ver. 2) This version of "Overlapping" goes through several phases (melodic / modal - free / energetic and intense) before segueing into a super fast swing section at the end. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e5rNhthaGOs) 2025-08-09T17:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet Another fantastic romp featuring these two great improvisers: Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f7yhhJtsMos) 2025-09-14T12:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Two Temperaments (9/24/25 ver.) We play quite tonally and melodically in the first half of this improv before segueing into darker more dissonant sounds in the second half with Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) and Greg Mills (piano) coming out with some beautifully interactive lines. I'm playing alto flute and C flute here and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is right on top of the action with some perfectly timed percussion sounds. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fwYAGEEQ3ng) 2025-09-25T15:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Henri In The Sky With Modulations On this version we modulate at about the half way point but keep the energy flowing as we do. Greg Mills is on piano" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g5Mzg3RhU50) 2025-05-31T07:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Jim / Papa trio I like the way Papa (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) jumps in here right at the apex of a pretty intense dialogue between Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty and pianist Greg Mills. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gzwvJ-CzOFA) 2025-07-13T08:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team Textures (swing) We take several quick rounds of solos here before segueing into a full ensemble and then a swing section at the end. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvL_2Fsrw) 2025-05-19T02:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "On A Sliding Scale Lots of quite flexible and interweaving melodic lines on this stealthy improv. with Greg Mills playing inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion Jim Hegarty playing Moog synthesizer w/ theremin antenna snd myself on bass flute then switching to C flute for the high phrases. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hrmcixRF-No) 2025-07-13T11:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Spaces An all out free improv here but with plenty of room for dynamics and spacial effects. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i1__Rvy4nck) 2025-08-07T23:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet A super energetic and ultimately swinging duet by two of the best improvisers in our St. Louis area - Greg Mills piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i2ztyFXBlWk) 2025-10-04T11:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Scherzo & Postlute Some fast moving lines by all members of the group here: Greg Mills - piano; Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer; Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion and myself on bass flute.followed by a slow moving lyrical section to the end. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j2832ljzgQI) 2025-06-29T16:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Cloud Forms - Take [--] I'm playing alto flute on this improv while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. floats a beautiful pad of sounds on his amplified kalimba Jim Hegarty adds some very nice effects on Moog synthesizer and Greg Mills fills in chords and melodies so musically on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jIepTZpr29c) 2025-06-30T12:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Blues Scherzo Fast fluent and quassi tonal this free improv also references short melodic phrases that project a bluesy feeling. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (w/theremin antenna). Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jLvCV-sOqo8) 2025-04-20T00:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) have another great go at it but this time segue to a fiery swing section half way through. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jVL7yMTypt4) 2025-03-22T20:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Swing Trio - take [--] After a brief out of tempo intro we slide into swing for the rest of the piece and alternate solos to the end. Greg Mills is playing piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kWh1b8KuRSc) 2025-03-10T13:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Alto Insertions A quiet piece at first with Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) making the initial statement as a duo. Then I slide in with a quassi solo on alto flute while Greg and Papa back me up and we gradually intensify into the final section of faster slightly more interactive movement" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mX-mxcUUBrI) 2025-09-14T10:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "RSVP Lots of fast clever call and response in this high energy three way improv. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ncWxXD_LI4o) 2025-07-28T14:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team Swing On this version of "Tag Team" we take fairly short solos gradually overlapping until we get to a full ensemble then segue into a swing section right to the end. I'm playing alto flute then C flute while Jim Hegarty is playing Moog synthesizer (with theremin antenna) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pRakb3l_Feo) 2025-05-12T11:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Into The Light - trio ver. After a short section focusing on spacial and textural phrases we segue into the key of Eb major as the music becomes more lyrical and melodic. Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys while Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (w/ theremin). I'm playing bass flute on this one. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pYNt8EqHQTE) 2024-10-02T12:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Following Jim After a nice solo by Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer Papa (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) and I enter to complete the trio with some very free atonal improvising. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pgSpF-4kxk8) 2025-05-12T15:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team Mini - take [--] On this version of "Tag Team" we alternate rounds of short solos with full ensemble sections. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys I'm playing bass flute and C flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=piH9-mcQR24) 2025-03-17T18:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Hauntingly Starting nice and slow in the low register we gradually ascend and and pick up the tempo and intensity level ending with a brief coda-like return to quietness. I'm on bass flute and C flute Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is manning the percussion section. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pq7fzDkSkRk) 2025-04-13T15:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements ""Tag Team Finale" - live at Dissonant Works - 7/5/25 With Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer here we answer back and forth with fast angular phrases before coming together in a final ensemble. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pwK2CepiKdw) 2025-07-07T18:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Ambidextrous - take [--] This version also displays Greg Mills's ability to play melodica and piano simultaneously but then with a nice push from the percussion section (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) we evolve into a slightly quirky pulse which takes us through to the ending and a return to the melodica/piano self-duet. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qJKDG9V0bbM) 2025-07-20T10:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Images of Mephisto Both haunting and fleeting this improv slides back and forth between textural effects and legato lines. I'm on bass flute here with Greg Mills playing both inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. scampering stealthily across the upper percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qK1RQLwMx8Y) 2025-04-27T10:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Oxford Swing Both driving and floating this swing improv is kept on track beautifully by Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion - with Greg Mills adding some quite creative comping and solo work on piano" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOC1jgutsHo) 2023-10-04T22:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Greg / Papa duet (swing) After a section of free playing these two top improvisers jump into a driving swing episode to the end. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is complimenting so beautifully on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r9WvBUNifJk) 2025-05-04T15:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg Directs - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/1/25 Actually we both direct on this one changing direction and dynamics instinctually. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rAffNK3B4IQ) 2025-07-07T20:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Trio To Swing (Greg / Jim / Papa) After a substantial section of free and highly interactive playing by Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer; Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion and Greg Mills - melodica Papa pushes the music into a medium swing feel as Greg switches to piano and interacts beautifully with Jim's synth solo. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rCtD049ptDQ) 2025-06-29T22:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Ocean Swells This is a tonal lyrical piece yet it builds nicely with some fast moving lines as we progress. I'm on bass flute here Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rYBwcnwQbZg) 2024-04-14T12:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team Melodica As we alternate short solos here we sometimes imitate one another and at other times shoot for maximum contrast - whatever feels right in the moment. I'm on alto bass and soprano flutes Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Greg Mills is on melodica inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sEBTkpJKYg8) 2025-08-07T23:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Happy Henri Trio - take [--] This version of "Happy Henri" starts with a tonally free section (Greg Mills - piano; Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion) before I enter and the improv jumps right into a bright major key. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sb_MmdxPo-o) 2025-03-10T10:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Curving Away (alto flute ver.) We play quite melodically and tonally in the outer sections of this improv but then veer into more intense and less tonal realms in the middle section. I'm playing alto flute here while Greg Mills lays down some beautiful chords and arpeggios and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. compliments and encourages the music to move ahead. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=t6yWgYBO444) 2025-05-04T14:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Three Layers An interesting concept here: It seems that we had three different layers of rhythm going on resulting in a slightly mysterious ambience. I don't think it was totally intentional as we were playing it but I actually do like the effect. I'm on alto flute Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tKKqS3Rz_I8) 2025-08-07T23:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Plainchant (quartet ver.) - in memory of Darrell Mixon Wed like to dedicate this improv to the great St. Louis bassist Darrell Mixon who passed away just ten days ago. He will be missed by all for his truly vibrant musicianship Im playing bass flute here Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Greg Mills is on piano and Glen Papa Wright is playing amplified kalimba and percussion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=txHjpLKQg9c) 2025-09-20T21:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Segue To Swing (9/12/25 ver.) A driving chromatic swing section preceded by a basically tonal and melodic prelude featuring myself on bass flute then C flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen Papa Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uOwMlXfTN7Q) 2025-09-14T07:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Extending A Diad We base many or our melodic and harmonic ideas here on the simple interval of a minor 3rd but then we gradually build intensity and take it out at the mid-point only to return to lyricism at the end and of course our lonely diad. I'm on alto flute then C flute Greg Mills is on melodica and piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v9sqNLqEnlw) 2025-08-09T19:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Boxwood Rhythms (3/21/25 ver.) - take [--] Greg Mills (piano) kicks off this version of Boxwood I follow with a flute solo and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it all hopping on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vrTk82jHxsA) 2025-03-22T19:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Prelude & Swing - quartet ver. Here's an improv in three broad sections: slow / melodic (I'm on alto flute here) then a short transition followed by a fast driving swing solo by Greg Mills on piano and finally a return to simplicity at the end (I switch to C flute). Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (w/ theremin antenna) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wdO6iYYSuvs) 2025-04-20T01:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Fred / Papa duet A short duet here focusing on sounds noise effects.and a few melodic fragments just to add variety I'm on bass flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wiCA_jcwmvw) 2025-05-12T13:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "The Cuban Edge A hard driving Latin feel all the way through with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. leading the way on percussion and pianist Greg Mills not far behind. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xM-VzRRisuw) 2025-05-19T17:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Quick Stop - take [--] A totally free improv here but we do play with a broad range of dynamics articulations and spacing. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xe3QS-dczIU) 2025-06-01T16:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet A super rambunctious yet sensitively interactive duet between these two great masters of free improv: Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xer6gb3Ivgg) 2025-09-09T16:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Two Temperaments (9/12/25 ver.) In this version our opening lyrical section is relatively short as we soon morph into faster less tonal realms and I soon switch to C flute. Pianist Greg Mills lays down some beautiful chords at the beginning and then deftly slides into freer lines and harmonies while I switch from bass flute to C flute and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. flows right along with and compliments the evolution of the music" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlcmncx2Gd4) 2025-09-16T15:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Accumulation We opened up this session with a totally free wheeling improv featuring Greg Mills on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y8IKKiaBQwA) 2025-06-30T15:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Surrounding A Note In this basically free improv we make an effort to isolate single notes occassionally before moving on to the next phrase. Greg Mills (piano) came up with this idea and I do like the way it pushes us in a slightly different direction. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yFoS7sLIAQk) 2025-03-22T19:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa duet Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion are SO together on this tight fast moving duet. Hope you enjoy it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yKc9N7eW1W0) 2025-05-19T12:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Into The Light (C flute ver.) We play atonally in the first half of this improv. but then evolve into a bright open key center for the 2nd half. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z1yEc0g1yx4) 2024-06-20T11:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Textural Extensions We focus on a broad range of special techniques and sounds on this free improv with Greg Mills playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. covers a wide variety of percussion instruments and I hang in there on bass flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z9T9oz9QPPQ) 2025-05-19T18:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Jim / Papa - duet Such subtle and interactive playing here from Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=26z9awx6X5U) 2025-12-13T04:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "St. Louis Senegal Churning along at a nice triple time clip this improv conjures up images of West African dance and ritual reminding us also that our sister city of St. Louis is located in Senegal. Enjoy Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion - These guys have such a great rhythmic feel on this one" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=45UGsxVliIY) 2025-11-19T12:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Free Swing A lilting 3/4 swing grounds this improv with Greg Mills taking a really nice piano solo in between my two shorter ones and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. finding just the right balance between driving and floating. Enjoy lilting swinging episodic Fred Tompkins C flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis lilting swinging episodic Fred Tompkins C flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5E9SxX8hRJQ) 2026-01-15T17:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Suspended Tonalities On this free improv we find ourselves contrasting simple tonal ideas in the flute (alto flute then sop. flute) with more angular atonality in the piano (Greg Mills) Moog synthesizer (Jim Hegarty) and percussion (Gren 'Papa' Wright Jr.) Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=63gimQqVD_I) 2025-11-19T12:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Staying In The Curve - take [--] We cover the gammit in this free improv from slow lyrical playing to fast atonal pointillism. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy eclectic lyrical interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis eclectic lyrical interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=97mgMEVJ6aI) 2026-01-26T19:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Two Temperaments (1/23/26 ver.) As the title implies we juxtapose two entirely contrasting emotions here in the first half playing very texturally and haltingly but then sliding into peaceful reflection and resolution about half way through. I'm on bass flute here and Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy textural skeptical lyrical melodic Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis textural skeptical lyrical melodic Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9o3rSsMJa_A) 2026-01-26T17:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tag Team Duets In this version we pair off into short very textural sounding duets for just one round before sliding into a full climactic ensemble section at the end. I start out on bass flute then switch to C flute for the full ensemble Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A2LTH6VTul4) 2025-10-21T11:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Henri Stretching Out Melodic and tonal yet spritely for the first half of this improv we then segue into a contrasting second half of super fast atonality. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BTxR5xgijS0) 2025-10-21T13:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Curving Away (11/26/25 ver.) We describe a nice A - B - A' form here with the fast moving middle section being gently framed by the softer more lyrical outer sections. Greg Mills is on piano I'm on alto flute and C flute Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BrQJqTqaBsc) 2025-11-29T16:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg Mills - solo #1 Working both inside the piano plucking and tapping the strings and playing on the keyboard Greg Mills crafts an improvised solo that is alternately pointillistic and expansive. Enjoy modern pointillistic dramatic Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis modern pointillistic dramatic Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CO2C70dYpXY) 2026-01-26T19:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa - duet The sparks really fly on this highly interactive duet between pianist Greg Mills and percussionist Glen'Papa' Wright Jr. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ewe-w-jkRNk) 2025-11-08T12:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Two Temperaments (10/15/25 ver.) With this two part form we extend a slow melodic section out for a while before jumping into fast atonality at the end. I begin on bass flute here and then switch to C flute while Jim Hegarty plays sustained notes and some quite etherial effects on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds a variety of very well timed percussion sounds. Greg Mills's light arpeggios in the first half and fast driving attacks in the second half are what hold this improv together. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=H3GeEawgGcU) 2025-10-21T14:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "They Gave Their Lives This improv remains peaceful from beginning to end and is dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Renee Good both of whom in their own ways and in their own times paid the ultimate price in defense of our Freedom. Greg Mills is on piano and I'm playing alto flute on this piece. reflective dedication melodic Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis reflective dedication melodic Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HMzOcs2ojpo) 2026-01-26T19:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Voyage (12/10/25 ver.) One of our relatively long form improvs this one starts with some fast interaction between the flute and melodica (Greg Mills) soon to be joined by Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. percussion. Then Papa segues into swing as we take solos and then bring it to a quiet closure at the end. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HaHifaDRRDo) 2025-12-12T21:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Falaises (11/12/25 ver.) Literally meaning 'cliffs' (also a small town in France) this improv has all of us together in each section playing with sharp angular dynamic contrast between one section and another. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IEehqjNmDOM) 2025-11-19T11:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Senegal I like the way the opening section on this one starts out low and slow and then builds up in register and rhythmic intensity as it goes. Also listen up for Jim Hegartys super flowing solo here on Moog synthesizer while Greg Mills fills in with some really nice lines and cross-accents on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps a soft but driving triple feel on the handpan" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ISklmYR4FLc) 2025-10-24T18:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Skimmering A fleeting almost whimsical sound permeates the first section of this free improv with myself on bass flute and Greg Mills playing mostly inside the piano. We then switch to more linear improvising as I pick up the C flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. glides through all the changes so effortlessly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J-Ue18tK3LI) 2025-11-08T12:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Diadic - take [--] We try out a concept here by our pianist Greg Mills which is essentially to develop and extend ideas based on very simple two note cells. I'm on bass flute here while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. fills in some quite beautiful and subtle ideas on percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KHQW01tSkD4) 2025-10-11T17:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Jim / Papa trio Pianist Greg Mills Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. improvise in swing time yet quite freely on this wide open free improv. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Md8nGlhdu-g) 2025-11-22T01:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Sopranino Scherzo - take [--] Our first version of this super fast and interactive improv with Greg Mills on sopranino melodica here. Enjoy fast interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills sopranino melodica St. Louis fast interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills sopranino melodica St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PqC2VWoROKw) 2026-01-03T19:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Staying In The Curve - take [--] On our 2nd take of this free improv we emphasize the lyrical but also segue into some quite intense and jagged sub-sections. Greg Mill is playing both inside the piano and on the keys here. Enjoy lyrical intense interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis lyrical intense interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R_cxsSWpWJ4) 2026-01-26T16:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Greg / Papa - duet #2 Definitely a more extroverted duet version this time from two of the greats Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy intense interactive Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis intense interactive Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RtJruiCH0p8) 2026-01-15T16:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Ultimate Portamento We start out with a fairly tonal melodic section and then segue to much more open tonally free playing as Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty displays some amazing ability to control a wide range of sounds and textures and Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) compliment and interact beautifully. On this piece I'm playing alto flute" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SLCg7kvEudM) 2025-11-21T23:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Sunrise (bass flute ver.) A simple melodic exposition played on the bass flute with gorgeous accompaniment from Greg Mills - piano Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V6wXB_PCvlQ) 2025-12-13T04:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Voyage (11/19/25 ver.) A multi sectional improv this one features Greg Mills on both melodica and piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. overlapping in swing time on percussion and Jim Hegarty filling in and soloing on Moog synthesizer as we evolve spontaneously through a variety of moods and rhythmic styles. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W-blGXQoE4I) 2025-11-21T22:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Cloud Duets We play short elided duets here rotating clockwise and finally ending with a full ensemble climax. Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (with some beautifully contrasting textures) Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. compliments with great finese and imagination on percussion and I'm interacting withn it all on alto flute and C flute. Enjoy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X3QFjE0k3DI) 2025-11-19T12:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Tread Softly One of our quieter and simpler statements with Greg Mill is on piano and myself on bass flute. Enjoy simple quiet laid-back Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis simple quiet laid-back Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XBw4j0r2QKA) 2026-01-26T16:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Rolling Melodies This improv remains tonal and lyrical from beginning to end however we lapse spontaneously into a nice rolling tempo about half way through. I'm playing alto flute here Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer with some beautiful counterlines to my solo part and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. accents with smooth yet propulsive rhythmic patterns. Enjoy alto flute Fred Tompkins Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog synth. 'Papa' percussion St. Louis lyrical smooth rhapsodic alto flute Fred Tompkins Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog synth. 'Papa' percussion"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T18:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Like Kittens - take [--] We put an emphasis upon stealthy entrances dynamics and close interaction here with Greg Mills on piano Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy interactive dynamic stealthy Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis Jim Hegarty Moog interactive dynamic stealthy Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis Jim Hegarty Moog"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T18:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Like Kittens - take [--] Our 2nd shot at this concept of fleeting dynamics and spontaneous spacial effects. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy fleeting dynamic interactive flute Greg Mills. piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis Fred Tompkins fleeting dynamic interactive flute Greg Mills. piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis Fred Tompkins"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T16:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Pentachord - take [--] In this approach pianist Greg Mills has chosen a sequence of five notes to start out which the rest of us extend freely but in general follow the order of the notes. I'm on alto flute here Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa'Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy cerebral meditative loose Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis cerebral meditative loose Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T12:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Pentachord - take [--] We start out improvising on pianist Greg Mills's five note tone row and then evolve gradually into a very melodic and tonal postlude. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here. Enjoy textural contrasting interactive Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog 'Papa' percussion St. Louis textural contrasting interactive Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano Jim Hegarty Moog 'Papa' percussion St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T12:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"A Very Spacial Swing After a quite inventive duo / trio section featuring Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion then Greg Mills entering on piano we segue into one of our more dissonant and spacially abstracted versions of the swing feel. Then I slide in and the level of interaction intensifies. Enjoy interactive abstract atonal Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis interactive abstract atonal Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T17:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Reactions - take [--] Greg Mills alternates back and forth between playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. fills in with nicely timed mallet rolls as we build together in this high energy version of "Reactions". energetic precise interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis energetic precise interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T12:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Happy Henri Extended One of our more exploratory versions of this upbeat improv we vary the range somewhat more than usual as I switch from alto flute to bass flute half way through and Greg Mills compliments that change quite well both registrally and tonally. Enjoy driving happy broad-ranging Fred Tompkins alto flute bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis driving happy broad-ranging Fred Tompkins alto flute bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T16:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"That's How We Do It In The Lou After a short piano / synth. duo I enter on bass flute and then climb to the C flute as the music intensifies Jim Hegarty adds some very poignant and punchy accents to the mix while Greg Mills plays both inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds accents and textures at just the right spots. Enjoy spacial interactive intense Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis spacial interactive intense Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T12:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Free Swing On this improv we just started playing in a tonally very open and a-rhythmic style weaving in and out of one another's phrases as we went. Greg Mills is on piano (such free and creative comping here) while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps a very nice floating pulse going on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T01:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Quietude (2/3/26 ver.) I play bass flute on this solemn yet lyrical version of "Quietude" as Greg Mills fills in touchingly on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds dynamic and such poignantly well timed attacks on the gong cymbal and chimes. Enjoy bass flute Fred Tompkins lyrical solemn melodic 'Papa' percussion gong cymbal chimes Greg Mills St. Louis bass flute Fred Tompkins lyrical solemn melodic 'Papa' percussion gong cymbal chimes Greg Mills St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T12:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Jump Out As the title implies I jump out at the top - then we then all flow together followed by Jim Hegarty emerging with a quite energetic solo on Moog synthesizer accompanied by myself Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) weaving in and out so responsively. Enjoy responsive soloist energetic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis responsive soloist energetic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-02T16:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"St Louis Senegal (alto flute ver.) A churning driving rendition of our fast triple time improv dedicated to our St. Louis sister city in Senegal. Greg Mills is on piano I'm on alto flute here and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it driving hard on percussion. Enjoy in tense driving triple time Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis 'Papa' percussion in tense driving triple time Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis 'Papa' percussion"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T23:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team Incursions This is a slightly more active version of "Tag Team" than our usual because we interject a short full ensemble section in between each round of solos. I'm alternating between bass flute and C flute here Greg Mills is playing melodica inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy solos answering phrases interactive Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis melodica solos answering phrases interactive Fred Tompkins bass flute C flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis melodica"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T23:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Intersections We play quite melodically and tonally in the first half of this improv but then segue into a lilting swing section for the second half deviating to some extent from the original key center. I'm playing alto flute here; Greg Mills accompanies and interacts with such great versatility on piano; Jim Hegarty always has something interesting to say on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it interactive and flowing on percussion. Enjoy episodic interactive lyrical Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog St. Louis episodic interactive"
YouTube Link 2026-02-02T12:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"St Louis Senegal (1/30/26 ver.) We've got a lively West African pulse churning away on this improv the title of which is named after our sister city there. Both Greg Mills (piano) and Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer w/ theremin antenna) fill in with some very subtle yet driving counter lines to my solo part while Glen Papa Wright Jr. captures that West African triple time feel perfectly on percussion Enjoy upbeat melodic St. Louis Fred Tompkins flute infectious Jim Hegarty Moog synth. Greg Mills 'Papa' percussion piano upbeat melodic St. Louis Fred Tompkins flute infectious Jim Hegarty Moog"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T20:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Two Temperaments And A Coda We contrast a very melodic and tonal first half with a dissonant and darting second half then end with a short return to tonality at the end. All the guys pick up the subtleties and mood changes so instinctively here Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm on alto flute and C flute. lyrical tonal atonal fleeting Fred Tompkins C flute Him Hegarty Moog synth 'Papa' percussion St. Louis alto flute lyrical tonal atonal fleeting Fred Tompkins C flute Him Hegarty Moog synth 'Papa' percussion St. Louis alto"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T16:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Reactions - take [--] Our 3rd take of this quite free yet dynamically varied improv - I'm on C flute Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy interactive intense dynamic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis interactive intense dynamic Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T00:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Jim's Porto Jim Hegarty takes the lead here on Moog synthesizer by establishing a sense of sliding pitches and textural effects while the rest of us answer in our own ways: Greg Mills inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on flute. Enjoy textural responsive noise portamento Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis textural responsive noise portamento Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills inside piano 'Papa' percussion Jim Hegarty Moog synth St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T13:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Quietude (4/10/25 ver.) - take [--] A very short and peaceful improv with myself on alto flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T16:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Escape (7/17/25 ver.) - take [--] An all out totally free improv here with some light cueing for spontaneous dynamics and phrasing. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds some great dynamics and textures on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T13:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet High energy almost from beginning to end these two masters of free improv Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keep it happening"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T21:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Fast Acting We keep up the motion and energy pretty well throughout this free improv but also like to challenge one another with a few spontaneous dynamic shifts. I'm on alto flute here while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. mans the percussion and Greg Mills keeps it really interesting by swithing back and forth between playing inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-04T15:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet #2 Another killer duet by Greg Mills piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. percussion. This one takes its time going through lots of deifferent moods and tempos. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2023-08-31T21:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Four Bagatelles - take [--] This basic concept for an improv was arranged by our pianist Greg Mills as a four movement form with a different combination of players in each of the four sections. Then at the end we come together for a full ensemble finale. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing an alto flute and then a C flute for the finale. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T20:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Eastern Shades of Tonality What starts out here as fairly straight forward tonal melodicism gradually evolves in sliding chromaticism and angular pitch bending. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here"
YouTube Link 2025-07-13T08:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Escape (7/17/25 ver.) - take [--] A totally free improv but with plenty of space for dynamics and textural contrast. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. mans the percussion. with such variety"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T12:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Shades of Tonality Some deep broad ranging pitches and sounds here as we work generally within the the confines of tonality. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. anchors the improv with his gong cymbal and compliments with his chimes; Greg Mills fills in so musically on piano and Jim Hegarty fills in quite sonorously on Moog synthesizer. I'm playing bass flute on this one. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-13T11:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Ethereal - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/1/25 A largely melodic and lyrical improv here diverging from tonality and temperament only briefly in the final section (iow a real coda). I'm on alto flute while Greg Mills fills in so beautifully on piano"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T20:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Ricercare A relatively long single section improv at least for us but we do explore the various dynamics and spacial possibilities of free playing. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T18:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg Mills & Damon Smith - live at Jack's Joint - set [--] Opening the evening with a fast moving (for the most part) set of virtuoso musicianship and close interaction between these two masters of free improvisation: Greg Mills - piano and Damon Smith - double bass. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T15:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Flexible Freedom - take [--] An all out free improv here with plenty of fast intuitive interaction. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is picking up all the quick changes so well on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T19:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Alto Melodies - take [--] A slightly more extended version of our three part form this time with some interesting and interactive pauses and dynamics in the middle section. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing curved alto here. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-11T17:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Jim duet This time the two masters of free form duet improvisation are focusing on a softer more subdued level of intensity. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Jim Hegarty is working a Moog synthesizer with theremin antenna attached. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T14:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Fast Tracking In The Lou A pretty spritely free improv here as we manage to keep it in a positive sounding major mode throughout. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion"
YouTube Link 2023-08-31T22:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Reflections Having lost many of our tall beautiful trees in the tornado which ravaged the Central West End and the North Side I feel that this short elegy may express some of the latent sadness we all feel around this time. By choosing to limit his playing exclusively to the left hand Greg Mills improvises a simple counterline so ingeniously to my alto flute improv"
YouTube Link 2025-06-07T18:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"A Loping Gait - take [--] We choose a major key and a medium-up tempo swing for this improv featuring Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T18:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Evanescence Some slithering and illusive elements in play here: with Greg Mills on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and myself on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T18:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa The all time masters of high energy interactive duet playing: Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-22T19:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Turn Of Events - take [--] This version travels through three different phases of development opening with a totally free section of improv following with a quiet lyrical movement and ending with a driving Latin pulse to the finish. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is making all the changes beautifully on percussion while Greg Mills plays the first section (after a short intro) on sopranino melodica and then switches to piano. I stick with the alto flute throughout. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-12T18:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Quietude (4/10/25 ver.) - take [--] A nice gentle piece this time with myself on alto flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. filling in some beautiful gong and chime sounds on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T14:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Gong Release (5/1/25 ver.) For this free improv we have an episodic form starting with a slow somber movement featuring my bass flute Greg Mills's beautiful piano chording and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.'s gong cymbal and array of percussion sounds. We then segue through a brief Latin transition and into a driving medium up tempo swing. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T13:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Turn Of Events - take [--] This improv travels through three different phases starting with free / atonal through quiet / lyrical and ending with fast atonal intensity.and a surprisingly abrupt ending (yes this is actually how it ended). Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T12:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Very Distant (3/14/25 ver.) - take [--] A slightly melancholy improv here with myself on alto flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T15:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg Mills / Danny Pankratz duo - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 5/1/25 Describing some beautiful Berg-like phrases Greg Mills (piano) and Danny Pankratz (electric guitar) play marvelously together here in this totally improvised duet performance. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T19:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Bilateral Inventions Greg Mills pushes this free improv right into swing from the very start but when Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. enters on percussion and hand pan the meter becomes more asymmetrical and I stay right in that mode throughout my flute solo until the last section where we open all up into a more relaxed melodic environment. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-04T12:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team (4/425 ver.) This version of "Tag Team" spends some real time with quiet simple answering phrases back and forth combined with full ensemble improvs but then builds to a rousing climax at the end and a few surprise false endings. Greg Mills in on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I start out on bass flute here before switching to C flute toward the end. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-06T13:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Sonority In this quite lyrical improv George Sams employs his mellow flugelhorn sound to compliment my bass flute line while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds some very tasteful effects on percussion and Greg Mills fills in beautifully on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-22T19:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Alex Cunningham - solo violin - live at Jack's Joint (3rd set) A constant flow of ideas here as Alex Cunningham connects a seamless variety of extended techniques on solo acoustic violin - 'live' at Jack's Joint 5/13/25. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T04:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Levitation A wide open free improv with lots of energy and back and forth interaction. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is filling in the spaces beautifully on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T12:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Fleeting Sounds A wide open totally free improv this time but with lots of carefull listening to one another and interjection of space and dynamics. This one features Greg Mills on piano Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-30T11:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Corkey - take [--] Atonal yet somehow slightly breezy and whimsical. I'm on alto flute here and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T16:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet - swing A back and forth conversation between two of the great improvisers in our St. Louis area Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion comprise the opening section of this free improv followed by a rousing second half of driving swing. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-06T14:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet A super energetic and interactive duet by two great masters of free improv Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Ppapa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T15:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Freedom - take [--] This is a totally free form improv but with lots of open space between phrases and fast back and forth dialog happening. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen Papa Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T18:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet A typically outgoing (and occassionally raucous) duet performance by two of our very best improvisers: Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T10:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Spaces In Motion An all out free improv to kick off today's session with Greg Mills playing both inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. rolling along with great subtlety yet intensity on percussion and Jim Hegarty filling in a broad range of sounds. and some perfect bass notes on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T20:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Simple Swing A loose floating 3/4 swing feel this time although it does intensify at about the half way point with pianist Greg Mills adding runs and interactive phrases. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is keeping (and building) a very nice pulse on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-20T20:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Asteroid Landing This improv intensifies gradually as it progresses moving from lyrical playing on bass flute and piano (Greg Mills) to more intensity and atonality as I switch to C flute and both Greg and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. pick up the speed and volume level. Then we return to quietude at the very end. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T11:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"From The Continent (5/9/25 ver.) This one has a nice West African groove to it with percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. leading the way. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-11T23:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Expansion We keep it fairly homogenous and lyrical here with myself on bass flute Jim Hegarty on Moog synth. Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion making some very beautiful sounds on the gong and chimes"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T16:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Corkey - take [--] Though very chromatic and unresolved this improv has some great interaction with plenty of smooth flowing lines. I'm on alto flute here and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T08:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Holding On - take [--] A high energy hard edged improv where we compliment one another in this case by locking into certain rhythmic figures as they present themselves in the moment. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-07T13:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"On Point Slightly shorter phrases and contrasting articulations characterize this free improv featuring Greg Mills playing inside the piano then on the keys Jim Hegarty working his Moog synthesizer with theremin antenna to great effect and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. scampering in and out of all the phrases. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-13T11:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Happy Henri - take [--] A nice peppy duo version of our improv "Happy Henri" dedicated to my [--] month old grandson - featuring Greg Mills on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T22:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Kalimba's Mode (9/24/25 ver.) With Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. sustaining sounds on the amplified kalimba and Jim Hegarty holding notes on the Moog synthesizer a general ambiant effect is created as a pad for Greg Mills's melodica solo and my bass flute solo (s). Jim also takes a very short but beautiful and nicely exotic solo on the synth"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T19:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Elegy Extended This time with our "elegy" concept we expand into a free section and build the music before relaxing back into melodicism at the end. I'm on bass flute here while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T20:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Duet To Swing Pretty rambunctious from beginning to end this free improv starts with a high energy Greg Mills / Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. duet and then segues to fast swing as I enter on C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-28T15:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"High Energy After a short piano solo by Greg Mills I enter on flute and the energy keeps building from there. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion.driving hard all the way"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T19:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Drop Out This one is pretty energetic from beginning to end but we do create some dynamic and textural variation by having players drop out freely and then re-enter a few moments later. I'm on alto flute and C flute Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer w/ theremin and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T11:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Round Table Swing - take [--] We try out a new approach to playing in swing time here: Instead of taking regular medium length solos in this case we alternate relatively short solos and keep it going around until we all come together at the end. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-23T16:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Round Table Swing - take [--] Our 2nd take of this improv alternating back and forth with quick solos but this time Papa solos out of tempo when his turn comes around. I think this gives the whole flow a little more variety. Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-23T15:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Voyage (quartet ver. 1) A multi-sectional improv this one starts with a longish quite melodic statement featuring alto flute with some beautifully interactive accompaniment by Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer Greg Mills on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion. We then segue through an atonal section focusing on textural effects as I switch to bass flute and Greg plays inside the piano and from there we slide into a medium-up tempo swing section before returning to lyricism at the end. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T18:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Free Swing Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. start out with a short duet before segueing into a medium - up tempo swing and my entry on C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T11:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg's Form Our pianist Greg Mills designed this overall approach to developing an improv whereby we start out with just simple one note statements from each player and then build up from there. I'm on bass flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright. Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T14:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Very Distant (9/12/25 ver.) As with the upper partials of a French Horn (which is technically a very low ranging instrument) the upper register of bass flute also has that slightly yearning 'in your head' sound when played in tune. On this free improv Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T10:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Suddenly - take [--] Lots of split second starts and stops in this highly interactive free improv featuring Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T20:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Duo Out Front This impov starts out with a terrific duet performance by pianist Greg Mills and Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty then joining in at about the half way point Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-30T00:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Rolling Improv A totally free improv to start out our session here yet with plenty of attention paid to frequent dynamics and spacial insertions. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T12:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team Textures - take [--] I start out on bass flute here with a short solo and Greg Mills follows playing inside the piano with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. soloing third on percussion. We keep going around but soon I switch to alto flute as the intensity builds and we finally come together as a full enemble. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T09:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Arhythmic Trialogue A multi- sectional improv this time covering my full range of flutes (bass then alto finally soprano) and a full range of styles from sparse / atonal to soft / lyrical to driving (though quasi-rhythmic at times) Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is managing all the tricky changes on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T14:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Three Part Spacial - take [--] Our 2nd take of this free improv displaying a variety of sounds textures and tempos. I'm on bass flute and Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T16:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg Directs (5/1/25 ver.) Pianist Greg Mills directs the action on this improv by signaling the entries and when the music should be quiet or loud. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T17:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Two Temperaments - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/5/25 With Jim Hegarty on piano here we improvise within a two part form - atonal and angular in the first half then lyrical and diatonically tonal in the second half. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T18:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Cloud Forms - Take [--] Lots of floating and lyrical melodies in this free improv whereby I start on bass flute and then switch to C flute at the end. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion Greg Mills - piano and Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer add just the right harmonic and melodic cushion"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T23:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Spatulas This time we improvise a slightly more whimsical version leaving spaces in between the various sounds and textures. Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys while I stick to bass flute here. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-07T13:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Fred / Papa duet Some quick intuitive interplay going on here as Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr and I exchange phrases. I'm playing bass flute on this one. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T19:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Fred Tompkins Trio - live at Jack's Joint (2nd set) Seven different improvs on this set varying in tempo and mood with Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer and acoustic piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on C flute alto flute and bass flute. Unfortunately we get to see only a flash of the alto because I managed to be off camera in the 2nd improv. (one of those unintentional Mahlerian off stage effects I suppose.) Enjoy in any case"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T08:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa swing duet Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) really stretch out here with a driving propulsive and interactive duet. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T12:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"An Irish Landscape (6/4/25 ver.) A simple melodic version of this improv with peaceful reflections of rolling green fields - myself on alto flute - Greg Mills on piano"
YouTube Link 2025-06-07T11:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Finale Various rhythmic permutations of the wholetone scale predominate in this up tempo free improv with myself on alto flute and Greg Mills on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T07:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Happy Henri with modulations - take [--] A rhythmically free but intentionally upbeat improv for my grandson Henri. This one modulates in the opening section and then picks up rhythmic intensity in the middle section before returning to lyricism at the end. Greg Mills is on piano playing so lyrically and cueing in the changes while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. builds dramatically but with great dynamic control"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T12:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Overlapping (quartet ver.) Starting with a Glen' 'Papa' Wright Jr. solo then adding Greg Mills on melodica and finally Jim Hegarty on Moog synth. and myself on flute we fill out the quartet and eventually segue into a driving Latin feel right to the end. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T16:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Elegy For Stan Jones (2/28/24 ver.) Making use of the gong sound here as a kind of drone (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) we keep the tone fairly low key building very slightly at about the half way point. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer and I'm on bass flute"
YouTube Link 2024-02-29T21:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Spacial Textures Lots of noise-like textures and sounds going on here as I begin on bass flute then switch to C flute at about the half way point. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is playing percussion and focussing on his new set of miniature cow bells. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-27T17:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet A fast intense quassi-swing feel on this one executed by two of the very best - Greg Mills piano; and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on drums. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T11:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Into The Light (9/4/25 ver.) Percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. and I (bass flute) start out on this one focusing on noise and textural effects. Then as Greg Mills enters playing at first inside the piano we gradually open up into melodies and tonality"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T07:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Finality (4/10/25 ver.) A very simple and lyrical statement on alto flute with floating percussion and piano sounds by Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. and Greg Mills"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T03:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Quartet - Tompkins - Mills Kosieradzki Harris - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/1/25 I'm playing bass flute here and focussing on textural sounds while tenor saxophonist Lex Kozieradzki pianist Greg Mills and master of electronics Kevin Harris all blend together so beautifully"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T20:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Submersive - take [--] Understated pretty much from beginning to end this breathy improv combines sounds and noise effects with simple melodic fragments. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing bass flute here"
YouTube Link 2025-05-20T00:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Nimbus Melodically and texturally simple and continuous this improv features Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr's light touch and gong cymbal while Greg Mills fills in tastefully on piano and I play somewhat quietly on bass flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T11:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet - swing The guys really pour it on with this fiery free swinging duet. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-27T16:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Hotstop Percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. sets up a quirky pulse on this one while Greg Mills (piano) and I try to keep up"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T11:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Archway I'm playing alto flute at the beginning and end here while the middle section is filled out with some fast energetic swinging on C flute as Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. switches from amplified kalimba at the beginning to sticks and cymbals then back to kalimba. Greg Mills glides through all the style changes with ease on piano. Basically I would say that a strongly modal influence is felt throughout this improv"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T15:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Far Easterley - take [--] A loosely floating free improv this time with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. playing an amplified kalimba Greg Mills on piano and myself on alto flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-10T10:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Melodic Episodes In this free improv we alternate between tonal lyrical statements and all out high energy pointillism. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T19:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Happy Henri with modulations - take [--] A rhythmically free but intentionally upbeat improv for my grandson Henri. This one modulates in the opening section and then segues into a quasi-tonal middle section before returning to lyricism at the end. Greg Mills is on piano playing so lyrically and cueing in the changes while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. builds dramatically but with great dynamic control"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T12:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Merge To Swing We go into swing almost right away and stay there to the end. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-05-03T22:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Fred / Jim / Papa - trio We play some quite interesting textures on this free improv but also superimpose a few melodic ideas on top. I'm playing bass flute here Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-14T18:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Alto Cuban Extensions I begin on alto flute here with a short melodic section. Then we all segue into the main rhythmic section of the piece trading solos as we go as I switch to C flute Greg Mills takes the 2nd solo on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it driving hard on percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T05:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Boxwood Rhythms (3/21/25 ver.) - take [--] A hard driving version of our latin tinged improv - with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. pushing the tempo on percussion and Greg Mills filling in with some well placed accents and tremollos on piano"
YouTube Link 2025-03-28T16:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"An Irish Landscape (5/15/25 ver.) - take [--] We keep the tonality simple and lyrical here as I stick with the bass flute throughout Greg Mills plays around a two note figure and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. fills in on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T11:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Trio Inventions Something a little wild and fun this time: After a quiet section on alto flute Greg Mills jumps out with a beautifully fugal improv transition to my re-entry on C flute but this time Im playing on the head joint exclusively (in response to Papas high whistle). Its an art form to control the pitches with just the right hand but I think the ensemble effect is pretty good here"
YouTube Link 2025-04-06T15:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Jim / Papa trio Some lightening fast interaction going on here between free improv masters Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) Greg Mills (on the keys and inside the piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion). Listen also to their imaginative use of dynamics and pauses"
YouTube Link 2025-09-20T19:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Happy Henri - Extended A super happy 'Henri' this time with a slightly deviant excursion into atonality at about the 2/3rds point. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T14:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Lilting A floating yet ultimately intense swing feel on this improv. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is keeping a very nice 3/4 pulse going on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T15:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Jim / Papa - trio A fiery super-interactive trio improv from three of the great masters of the art form: Greg Mills - inside the piano and on the keys; Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T18:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Curvng Away (3/21/25 ver.) - take [--] In this version I start out on alto flute with a short opening section before we segue to atonality for a longer outing and then return to lyricism at the end. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-03-23T12:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Jim / Papa trio Some lightning fast and imaginative interaction going on in this free improv trio featuring Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T14:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Freedom - take [--] - our 2nd take of this very general free form approach with Greg Mills on piano (and occasionally inside the piano) Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer w/ theremin antenna Glen Papa Wright Jr. on percussion and myself on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T15:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Happy Henri - take [--] Lots of fast interactive ideas flying around on this version with Greg Mills on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T13:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Up A Notch - take [--] Two layers of intensity here: The first with Greg Mills on soprano melodica and myself on alto flute and the second layer pushing it up a notch with Greg Mills switching to sopranino melodica as I climb up a 4th to soprano flute. And all the while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is complimenting everything so beautifully on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T21:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Quick Stop - take [--] Our 3rd take of this free improv but this time with slightly faster moving lines. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-01T00:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Floating (alto flute ver.) In this short lyrical improv we do like to keep the modality between major and minor somewhat flexible. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing my new alto flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T17:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Suspensions Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) and I (bass flute) frequently hold out long tones here allowing the others (Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion) to float in and out with longer phrases. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T12:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Voyage (quartet ver. 2) This version of "Overlapping" goes through several phases (melodic / modal - free / energetic and intense) before segueing into a super fast swing section at the end. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synth. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T17:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet Another fantastic romp featuring these two great improvisers: Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T12:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Two Temperaments (9/24/25 ver.) We play quite tonally and melodically in the first half of this improv before segueing into darker more dissonant sounds in the second half with Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) and Greg Mills (piano) coming out with some beautifully interactive lines. I'm playing alto flute and C flute here and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is right on top of the action with some perfectly timed percussion sounds. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T15:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Henri In The Sky With Modulations On this version we modulate at about the half way point but keep the energy flowing as we do. Greg Mills is on piano"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T07:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Jim / Papa trio I like the way Papa (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) jumps in here right at the apex of a pretty intense dialogue between Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty and pianist Greg Mills. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-13T08:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team Textures (swing) We take several quick rounds of solos here before segueing into a full ensemble and then a swing section at the end. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm on bass flute and C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T02:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"On A Sliding Scale Lots of quite flexible and interweaving melodic lines on this stealthy improv. with Greg Mills playing inside the piano and on the keys Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion Jim Hegarty playing Moog synthesizer w/ theremin antenna snd myself on bass flute then switching to C flute for the high phrases. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-13T11:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Spaces An all out free improv here but with plenty of room for dynamics and spacial effects. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T23:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet A super energetic and ultimately swinging duet by two of the best improvisers in our St. Louis area - Greg Mills piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-04T11:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Scherzo & Postlute Some fast moving lines by all members of the group here: Greg Mills - piano; Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer; Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion and myself on bass flute.followed by a slow moving lyrical section to the end. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T16:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Cloud Forms - Take [--] I'm playing alto flute on this improv while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. floats a beautiful pad of sounds on his amplified kalimba Jim Hegarty adds some very nice effects on Moog synthesizer and Greg Mills fills in chords and melodies so musically on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-30T12:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Blues Scherzo Fast fluent and quassi tonal this free improv also references short melodic phrases that project a bluesy feeling. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (w/theremin antenna). Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T00:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) have another great go at it but this time segue to a fiery swing section half way through. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T20:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Swing Trio - take [--] After a brief out of tempo intro we slide into swing for the rest of the piece and alternate solos to the end. Greg Mills is playing piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-10T13:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Alto Insertions A quiet piece at first with Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) making the initial statement as a duo. Then I slide in with a quassi solo on alto flute while Greg and Papa back me up and we gradually intensify into the final section of faster slightly more interactive movement"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T10:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"RSVP Lots of fast clever call and response in this high energy three way improv. Greg Mills is on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-28T14:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team Swing On this version of "Tag Team" we take fairly short solos gradually overlapping until we get to a full ensemble then segue into a swing section right to the end. I'm playing alto flute then C flute while Jim Hegarty is playing Moog synthesizer (with theremin antenna) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-12T11:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Into The Light - trio ver. After a short section focusing on spacial and textural phrases we segue into the key of Eb major as the music becomes more lyrical and melodic. Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys while Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (w/ theremin). I'm playing bass flute on this one. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2024-10-02T12:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Following Jim After a nice solo by Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer Papa (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) and I enter to complete the trio with some very free atonal improvising. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-12T15:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team Mini - take [--] On this version of "Tag Team" we alternate rounds of short solos with full ensemble sections. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys I'm playing bass flute and C flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T18:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Hauntingly Starting nice and slow in the low register we gradually ascend and and pick up the tempo and intensity level ending with a brief coda-like return to quietness. I'm on bass flute and C flute Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is manning the percussion section. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T15:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
""Tag Team Finale" - live at Dissonant Works - 7/5/25 With Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer here we answer back and forth with fast angular phrases before coming together in a final ensemble. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T18:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Ambidextrous - take [--] This version also displays Greg Mills's ability to play melodica and piano simultaneously but then with a nice push from the percussion section (Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr.) we evolve into a slightly quirky pulse which takes us through to the ending and a return to the melodica/piano self-duet. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T10:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Images of Mephisto Both haunting and fleeting this improv slides back and forth between textural effects and legato lines. I'm on bass flute here with Greg Mills playing both inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. scampering stealthily across the upper percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-27T10:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Oxford Swing Both driving and floating this swing improv is kept on track beautifully by Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion - with Greg Mills adding some quite creative comping and solo work on piano"
YouTube Link 2023-10-04T22:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet (swing) After a section of free playing these two top improvisers jump into a driving swing episode to the end. Greg Mills is playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is complimenting so beautifully on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T15:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg Directs - 'live' at Dissonant Works - 7/1/25 Actually we both direct on this one changing direction and dynamics instinctually. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T20:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Trio To Swing (Greg / Jim / Papa) After a substantial section of free and highly interactive playing by Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer; Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion and Greg Mills - melodica Papa pushes the music into a medium swing feel as Greg switches to piano and interacts beautifully with Jim's synth solo. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T22:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Ocean Swells This is a tonal lyrical piece yet it builds nicely with some fast moving lines as we progress. I'm on bass flute here Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2024-04-14T12:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team Melodica As we alternate short solos here we sometimes imitate one another and at other times shoot for maximum contrast - whatever feels right in the moment. I'm on alto bass and soprano flutes Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Greg Mills is on melodica inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T23:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Happy Henri Trio - take [--] This version of "Happy Henri" starts with a tonally free section (Greg Mills - piano; Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion) before I enter and the improv jumps right into a bright major key. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-10T10:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Curving Away (alto flute ver.) We play quite melodically and tonally in the outer sections of this improv but then veer into more intense and less tonal realms in the middle section. I'm playing alto flute here while Greg Mills lays down some beautiful chords and arpeggios and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. compliments and encourages the music to move ahead. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T14:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Three Layers An interesting concept here: It seems that we had three different layers of rhythm going on resulting in a slightly mysterious ambience. I don't think it was totally intentional as we were playing it but I actually do like the effect. I'm on alto flute Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T23:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Plainchant (quartet ver.) - in memory of Darrell Mixon Wed like to dedicate this improv to the great St. Louis bassist Darrell Mixon who passed away just ten days ago. He will be missed by all for his truly vibrant musicianship Im playing bass flute here Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Greg Mills is on piano and Glen Papa Wright is playing amplified kalimba and percussion"
YouTube Link 2025-09-20T21:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Segue To Swing (9/12/25 ver.) A driving chromatic swing section preceded by a basically tonal and melodic prelude featuring myself on bass flute then C flute Greg Mills on piano and Glen Papa Wright Jr. on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T07:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Extending A Diad We base many or our melodic and harmonic ideas here on the simple interval of a minor 3rd but then we gradually build intensity and take it out at the mid-point only to return to lyricism at the end and of course our lonely diad. I'm on alto flute then C flute Greg Mills is on melodica and piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T19:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Boxwood Rhythms (3/21/25 ver.) - take [--] Greg Mills (piano) kicks off this version of Boxwood I follow with a flute solo and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps it all hopping on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T19:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Prelude & Swing - quartet ver. Here's an improv in three broad sections: slow / melodic (I'm on alto flute here) then a short transition followed by a fast driving swing solo by Greg Mills on piano and finally a return to simplicity at the end (I switch to C flute). Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (w/ theremin antenna) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T01:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Fred / Papa duet A short duet here focusing on sounds noise effects.and a few melodic fragments just to add variety I'm on bass flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-12T13:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"The Cuban Edge A hard driving Latin feel all the way through with Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. leading the way on percussion and pianist Greg Mills not far behind. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T17:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Quick Stop - take [--] A totally free improv here but we do play with a broad range of dynamics articulations and spacing. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-01T16:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet A super rambunctious yet sensitively interactive duet between these two great masters of free improv: Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T16:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Two Temperaments (9/12/25 ver.) In this version our opening lyrical section is relatively short as we soon morph into faster less tonal realms and I soon switch to C flute. Pianist Greg Mills lays down some beautiful chords at the beginning and then deftly slides into freer lines and harmonies while I switch from bass flute to C flute and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. flows right along with and compliments the evolution of the music"
YouTube Link 2025-09-16T15:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Accumulation We opened up this session with a totally free wheeling improv featuring Greg Mills on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. on percussion and Jim Hegarty on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-06-30T15:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Surrounding A Note In this basically free improv we make an effort to isolate single notes occassionally before moving on to the next phrase. Greg Mills (piano) came up with this idea and I do like the way it pushes us in a slightly different direction. Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T19:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa duet Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion are SO together on this tight fast moving duet. Hope you enjoy it"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T12:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Into The Light (C flute ver.) We play atonally in the first half of this improv. but then evolve into a bright open key center for the 2nd half. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2024-06-20T11:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Textural Extensions We focus on a broad range of special techniques and sounds on this free improv with Greg Mills playing inside the piano and on the keys while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. covers a wide variety of percussion instruments and I hang in there on bass flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T18:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Jim / Papa - duet Such subtle and interactive playing here from Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T04:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"St. Louis Senegal Churning along at a nice triple time clip this improv conjures up images of West African dance and ritual reminding us also that our sister city of St. Louis is located in Senegal. Enjoy Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion - These guys have such a great rhythmic feel on this one"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T12:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Free Swing A lilting 3/4 swing grounds this improv with Greg Mills taking a really nice piano solo in between my two shorter ones and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. finding just the right balance between driving and floating. Enjoy lilting swinging episodic Fred Tompkins C flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis lilting swinging episodic Fred Tompkins C flute Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T17:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Suspended Tonalities On this free improv we find ourselves contrasting simple tonal ideas in the flute (alto flute then sop. flute) with more angular atonality in the piano (Greg Mills) Moog synthesizer (Jim Hegarty) and percussion (Gren 'Papa' Wright Jr.) Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T12:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Staying In The Curve - take [--] We cover the gammit in this free improv from slow lyrical playing to fast atonal pointillism. Greg Mills is on piano. Enjoy eclectic lyrical interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis eclectic lyrical interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T19:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Two Temperaments (1/23/26 ver.) As the title implies we juxtapose two entirely contrasting emotions here in the first half playing very texturally and haltingly but then sliding into peaceful reflection and resolution about half way through. I'm on bass flute here and Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys. Enjoy textural skeptical lyrical melodic Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis textural skeptical lyrical melodic Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T17:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tag Team Duets In this version we pair off into short very textural sounding duets for just one round before sliding into a full climactic ensemble section at the end. I start out on bass flute then switch to C flute for the full ensemble Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T11:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Henri Stretching Out Melodic and tonal yet spritely for the first half of this improv we then segue into a contrasting second half of super fast atonality. Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and I'm playing alto flute here. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T13:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Curving Away (11/26/25 ver.) We describe a nice A - B - A' form here with the fast moving middle section being gently framed by the softer more lyrical outer sections. Greg Mills is on piano I'm on alto flute and C flute Greg Mills is on piano Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-29T16:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg Mills - solo #1 Working both inside the piano plucking and tapping the strings and playing on the keyboard Greg Mills crafts an improvised solo that is alternately pointillistic and expansive. Enjoy modern pointillistic dramatic Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis modern pointillistic dramatic Greg Mills inside piano St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T19:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa - duet The sparks really fly on this highly interactive duet between pianist Greg Mills and percussionist Glen'Papa' Wright Jr. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-08T12:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Two Temperaments (10/15/25 ver.) With this two part form we extend a slow melodic section out for a while before jumping into fast atonality at the end. I begin on bass flute here and then switch to C flute while Jim Hegarty plays sustained notes and some quite etherial effects on Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. adds a variety of very well timed percussion sounds. Greg Mills's light arpeggios in the first half and fast driving attacks in the second half are what hold this improv together. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T14:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"They Gave Their Lives This improv remains peaceful from beginning to end and is dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Renee Good both of whom in their own ways and in their own times paid the ultimate price in defense of our Freedom. Greg Mills is on piano and I'm playing alto flute on this piece. reflective dedication melodic Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis reflective dedication melodic Fred Tompkins alto flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T19:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Voyage (12/10/25 ver.) One of our relatively long form improvs this one starts with some fast interaction between the flute and melodica (Greg Mills) soon to be joined by Jim Hegarty (Moog synthesizer) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. percussion. Then Papa segues into swing as we take solos and then bring it to a quiet closure at the end. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T21:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Falaises (11/12/25 ver.) Literally meaning 'cliffs' (also a small town in France) this improv has all of us together in each section playing with sharp angular dynamic contrast between one section and another. Greg Mills is on piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. is on percussion and Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T11:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Senegal I like the way the opening section on this one starts out low and slow and then builds up in register and rhythmic intensity as it goes. Also listen up for Jim Hegartys super flowing solo here on Moog synthesizer while Greg Mills fills in with some really nice lines and cross-accents on piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. keeps a soft but driving triple feel on the handpan"
YouTube Link 2025-10-24T18:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Skimmering A fleeting almost whimsical sound permeates the first section of this free improv with myself on bass flute and Greg Mills playing mostly inside the piano. We then switch to more linear improvising as I pick up the C flute and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. glides through all the changes so effortlessly"
YouTube Link 2025-11-08T12:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Diadic - take [--] We try out a concept here by our pianist Greg Mills which is essentially to develop and extend ideas based on very simple two note cells. I'm on bass flute here while Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. fills in some quite beautiful and subtle ideas on percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-10-11T17:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Jim / Papa trio Pianist Greg Mills Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty and percussionist Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. improvise in swing time yet quite freely on this wide open free improv. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T01:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Sopranino Scherzo - take [--] Our first version of this super fast and interactive improv with Greg Mills on sopranino melodica here. Enjoy fast interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills sopranino melodica St. Louis fast interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills sopranino melodica St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-03T19:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Staying In The Curve - take [--] On our 2nd take of this free improv we emphasize the lyrical but also segue into some quite intense and jagged sub-sections. Greg Mill is playing both inside the piano and on the keys here. Enjoy lyrical intense interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis lyrical intense interactive Fred Tompkins flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T16:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Greg / Papa - duet #2 Definitely a more extroverted duet version this time from two of the greats Greg Mills - piano and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy intense interactive Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis intense interactive Greg Mills piano 'Papa' percussion St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T16:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Ultimate Portamento We start out with a fairly tonal melodic section and then segue to much more open tonally free playing as Moog synthesist Jim Hegarty displays some amazing ability to control a wide range of sounds and textures and Greg Mills (piano) and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. (percussion) compliment and interact beautifully. On this piece I'm playing alto flute"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T23:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Sunrise (bass flute ver.) A simple melodic exposition played on the bass flute with gorgeous accompaniment from Greg Mills - piano Jim Hegarty - Moog synthesizer and Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. - percussion. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T04:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Voyage (11/19/25 ver.) A multi sectional improv this one features Greg Mills on both melodica and piano Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. overlapping in swing time on percussion and Jim Hegarty filling in and soloing on Moog synthesizer as we evolve spontaneously through a variety of moods and rhythmic styles. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T22:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Cloud Duets We play short elided duets here rotating clockwise and finally ending with a full ensemble climax. Greg Mills is playing both inside the piano and on the keys Jim Hegarty is on Moog synthesizer (with some beautifully contrasting textures) Glen 'Papa' Wright Jr. compliments with great finese and imagination on percussion and I'm interacting withn it all on alto flute and C flute. Enjoy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T12:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tread Softly One of our quieter and simpler statements with Greg Mill is on piano and myself on bass flute. Enjoy simple quiet laid-back Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis simple quiet laid-back Fred Tompkins bass flute Greg Mills piano St. Louis"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T16:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
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