If there is a jam that comes out of a song moves out of the song, yes it is improvised but that is the point. Unless it is a jam based around an actual theme that is recognizable, it is just a transition jam...that is what this band does.
"transition jam"
When the band jams in a certain key to a set of chord changes and is improving around them, we all know these jams will take on a whole world of their own...IMO those def deserve jam> on the set list.
When they are jamming around a "recongnized theme"/song melody, that is arguable...
Last night I don\'t remember if the \'jam\' on the set list before Sundance contained themed melodies as apart of this jam but if it did...that IMO that does not deserve jam> on the set list. Because all they were doing was taking the "mid-song jam" (as someone said before) and played it before the start of the beginning melody)...
Alright i\'m listening to the song right now, and i\'m hearing changes from the \'jam\' (that\'s on the setlist) in the \'mid-song jam\' right now...I don\'t know, maybe someone like jimcobb can confirm this...if this is the case, then they are just jamming over changes from their \'mid-song jam\' and they chose to jam before they played the melody, in that case, jam does not belong on the setlist, it is apart of the song already!
I still think it is a waste of words and makes for crowded confusing, redundant setlists...but like that\'s justmy opinion man.
anyone know if omaha tunes archives the webcasts? I signed up for the site and poked around a bit, but I can\'t see it anywhere. Would be nice to see this...
" > " does not mean implied jam, it just means one song segued into the other. If they stop playing in between, it gets a comma " , ". Segues can occur without improvised "jams" if its just a quick smooth transition without stopping. There is a difference, and the band does both (actually all three, sometimes they actually stop, but rarely hehe), so its important to differentiate 
Its the universal code man, don\'t mess with it!
The ">" also shows up on the back of the Moxie Epoxy album between the titles TLATG > OE. So I think its safe to say it is a universald code not to be messed with!
stream set 1 and 2
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~kindms/breakfast2006-10-02.m3u
the tracked mp3 version of the webcast
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~kindms/breakfast2006-10-02.mp3.zip
The Breakfast
2006-10-02
Shag
Omaha, NE
Source: Webcast > Waveterminal 192X >COAX >Sony A7> Optical >iriver h120 (16/44.1)
Transfer: iriver h120 >USB2.0 >Wavelab 5.0a (LAME 128MP3)
set 1
01] Gravity (incomplete only last 3min or so) >
02] Wake Up In A Coma >
03] Future Peek >
04] jam > Merge* >
05] Surreal Radio
06] Fearless** >
07] LDZ
08] jam > Sundance^
Set 2
01] Honey Butter >
02] Hard Luck Harry >
03] Honey Butter
04] Dimension 5
05] The Late And The Great >
06] Over Exposure
* with \'Electric Funeral\' (Black Sabbath) tease.
** last played 03/25/04.
^ with \'Norwegian Wood\' (The Beatles) tease.
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thanks a bunch for the links!!!
listening to gravity right now. Killer 1st set.
show is up on bt.etree.org
omaha 10.2.06Steve Propp taped and transfered it. Same guy Gary patched off of.