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Charlie Wilson, live (“Charlie, Last Name Wilson,” “Computer Love,” “There Goes My Baby,” “I’m Blessed,” “Yearning For Your Love,” “Sweet Yamz,” “Outstanding”), Washington, D.C., published 6/5/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23
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sounds of Chicago
Pilgrim Jubilees, “My Soul,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, By the Seine (1887), detail
sounds of Amsterdam
Michael Moore Universe Quartet (MM, alto saxophone, clarinet; Guillermo Celano, guitar; Omer Govreen, bass; Onno Govaert, drums), live (first set: 15:00; second set: 1:32:00), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), yesterday
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sounds of England
Sleaford Mods, “Out There,” 2021
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Little Simz, “Speed,” 2021
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passings
Tina Turner (aka Anna Mae Bullock), singer, November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023
“A Fool in Love,” live (TV show [Hollywood a Go-Go]), 1965
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“River Deep – Mountain High,” 1966 (original promo, edited)
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Rehearsing with Ikettes in dressing room
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Chicago
Otis Spann (1924, or 1930, to 1970; piano, vocals), “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do,” live, 1966
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timeless
Skip James (1902-1969, vocals, guitar), “Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader,” 1931 (rec. Grafton, Wis.)
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timeless
Art Blakey & The New Jazzmen (AB, drums; Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Nathan Davis, tenor saxophone; Jaki Byard, piano; Reggie Workman, bass), “Crisis” (F. Hubbard), live, Paris, 1965
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like nothing else
Lionel Marchetti (1967-), Inland Lake (le lac intérieur), 2019; Decibel (new-music ensemble founded in Western Australia in 2009), film by Karl Ockelford, published 5/23/23
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