sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon & The Jessy Dixon Singers, “Wait On Jesus,” live, Chicago (Jubilee Showcase), 1969
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This road—
no one goes down it,
autumn evening.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
timeless
John Coltrane Quartet (JC, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums), “Impressions” (J. Coltrane), rec. 12/7/1963, San Francisco (Ralph J. Gleason’s Jazz Casual)
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voices I miss
Prince & The Band,* “Footprints” (Wayne Shorter), live, East Rutherford, New Jersey (soundcheck), 2004
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*****
*Prince (guitar), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass), Mike Scott (guitar), Renato Neto (keyboards), Chance Howard (keyboards), Greg Boyer (trombone), Maceo Parker (saxophone), Candy Dulfer (saxophone).
testify!
Meditation Singers, “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me” (S. Cooke), live, France (Antibes Jazz Festival), 1964
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what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor, soprano saxophones) with Brandon Seabrook (electric guitar), Shawn Lovato (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), DoYeon Kim (25-String Gayageum), “Atomic Breath” (I. Laubrock), published today
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what’s new
Marc Ribot Quartet (MR, guitar; Chad Taylor, drums; Briggan Krauss, alto saxophone; Sebastian Steinberg, bass), “Ghost of Sleep” (M. Ribot), published today
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what’s new
Steve Reich (1936-), In All Your Ways (2026), Colin Currie Group,* live, Amsterdam, 9/19/26
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*Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett, George Barton, Catherine Ring: percussion; Rowland Sutherland, Helen Whitaker: flute; Emma Burgess, Michelle Hromin: clarinet; Jonathan Morton, Clio Gould: violin; Nicholas Bootiman: viola; Robin Michael, Clare O’Connell: cello; Philip Moore, Siwan Rhys: piano; Peter Wilson: electric bass guitar.
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price (1929-2023), “Move On Up a Little Higher,” live, Chicago (Jubilee Showcase), 1969
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what’s new
Brìghde Chaimbeul (Scottish smallpipes, vocals), Shahzad Ismaily (synths), “a bhò a bhò,” “a dhuine dhuine dhuine,” “She Went Astray,” “Pìobaireachd Nan Eun,” “Bog an Lochan,” live, Washington, D.C., published yesterday
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To improvise is to play with your ears.
Hamid Drake (1955-, drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame) & Tanja Feichtmair (1972-, alto saxophone), live, Austria (Nickelsdorf), 7/26/26
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