| Wall of Flowers | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Mike Baggetta |
| Cover: | MBaggetta_Flowers.jpg |
| Released: | March 2019[1] |
| Recorded: | May 31 – June 1, 2017 |
| Studio: | BIG EGO, Long Beach, CA |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 40:15 |
| Label: | BIG EGO RECORDS |
| Producer: | Chris Schlarb[3] |
Wall of Flowers is an album by Mike Baggetta featuring Mike Watt and Jim Keltner.[4] The album has been described as "post-genre-improv-jazz-rock".[4]
The album was largely improvised[5] even though the trio of musicians had never played with each other before recording in 2017.[5] A conversation with Chris Schlarb of Big Ego Studios led to a discussion about the David Torn album Cloud About Mercury which Baggetta admired.[6] Baggetta learned that the artists on the album had not worked together previously and were simply "cold-called" by Torn so he jokingly suggested Schlarb call Watt and Keltner to join him for an album.[6] Schlarb made some calls[6] and soon Baggetta was joined by Watt and Keltner to record his Wall of Flowers.
Following the release of the album, Baggetta and Watt embarked on a ten-date March tour with Stephen Hodges substituting for Keltner.[4] The tour resulted in the formation of mssv, a live album (Live Flowers) and a studio album scheduled for 2020 release.