can’t wait (premieres February 20th)
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My first date with my wife (of 49 years), Suzanne, was to hear the Sun Ra Arkestra at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase (then on North Lincoln).
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Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023; with Sly and Robbie), “Marcus Garvey” (S. O’Connor), live, Cleveland, 2005
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One-word review: Wow!
DKV Trio (Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], drums; Kent Kessler, bass; Ken Vandermark, reeds), live, Chicago, 12/26/25
First Set
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Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “Bye and Bye I’m Going to See the King,” 1929 (rec. 12/10/29, New Orleans)
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basement jukebox
Sonny Boy Williamson (AKA Aleck [or Alex] “Rice” Miller, 1912[?]-1965), “Nine Below Zero” (S. B. Williamson), 1951
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On a cold, snowy night forty-nine years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More”); during (Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” [unaccompanied saxophone], as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after (“My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”). All of what they played that night can be heard here (0:14-).
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what’s new
Khruangbin, live, Seattle, published 1/20/26 (rec. 11/19/25)
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Ann Peebles (1947-), “Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness” (D. Bryant, A. Peebles), 1972
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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Norway (University of Oslo), 12/10/64
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Soul Stirrers (Jesse J. Farley, Johnny Jones, Martin Jacox, Arthur Crume, Rufus Crume), live (“That’s Heaven To Me,” “When the Gates Swing Open,” “Wade in The Water,” “Sermonette,” “Free at Last,” “Resting Easy”), Louisiana, 1972
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