Sunday, September 6th
testify!
Echoes of Zion, “A Charge to Keep I Have” (lyrics by Charles Wesley [1707-88]), c. 1960
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
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Saturday, September 5th
alone
Mark Turner (1965-, tenor saxophone), live, Italy (Perugia), 7/6/26 (published 8/24/26)
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reading table
We’re all in this apart.
—David Ferry (1924-2023), from “Found Single-Line Poems” (Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations, 2012)
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Thursday, September 3rd
what’s new
This I could listen to all day.
Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Tyler Bullock, piano; Luca Alemanno, bass; Jeremy Dutton, drums), live, Italy (Perugia), 7/7/26 (published 8/24/26)
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, August 30th
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) & The Gospel Harmonettes, Still Holding On (1999)
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Thursday, August 27th
sounds of Romania
Lucian Ban (piano) & Mat Maneri (viola), “My Husband / Poor Is My Heart” (Transylvanian folk songs from the Béla Bartók Field Recordings of the early 20th Century), live, Bucharest (Romanian Anthenaeum, 1888), 2025
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Wednesday, August 26th
like nothing else
Yesterday I drove 250 miles to a small town in southern Illinois for a hearing in an old murder case that did not take place. The good news? While driving, I listened to this, for the first time.
Julius Hemphill (1938-95, alto saxophone, composition) and Abdul Wadud (1947-2022, cello), “Syntax” (unknown recording location and date)
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Monday, August 24th
timeless
Curtis Mayfield, “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” (M. Gaye), live (Beat-Club), Germany, 1972
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Sunday, August 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991, vocals, piano), featuring Inez Andrews (1929-2012, vocals), “Soldiers in the Army,” live, Chicago (Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church), 1981
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Saturday, August 22nd
what’s new
Ancient Infinity Orchestra, It’s Always About Liberation, published 7/23/26
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Tuesday, August 18th
sounds of Jamaica
King Tubby (aka Osbourne Ruddock, 1941-1989), The Heaviest Dubs – Part 2 !!! (DJ Mix by Mista Savona), published 7/14/26
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