sounds of Chicago
Music for Union Station, Lia Kohl (composition, cello), Dorothy Carlos (cello), Zachary Good (bass clarinet), Gerrit Hatcher (tenor saxophone) Riley Leitch (trombone), Nick Meryhew (trombone), Beth McDonald (tuba), Zach Moore (bass), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Macie Stewart (violin), performed 5/15/25 (Union Station, Chicago [rush hour]), published January 16, 2026
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Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone (MR, guitar; Chad Taylor, drums; Sebastian Steinberg, bass; Briggan Krauss, saxophone), “Bells” (Albert Ayler), live, Minneapolis, 2/20/26
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Calvary Travelers, “Lord, I Hate To Think About It”
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art beat: other day, Smart Museum (University of Chicago), Theaster Gates: Unto Thee (closing today)
Theaster Gates (1973-), We Will Save Ourselves (2024)
Jill Scott, live (“A Long Walk,” “Beautiful People,” “Cross My Mind,” “Don’t Play,” “The Way”), published 2/16/26
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Mark Turner (tenor saxophone) with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (bass), Jonathan Pinson (drums), “Supersister” (M. Turner), published yesterday
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George Crumb (1929-2022), Sonata for Solo Cello; Santiago Cañón-Valencia (1995-, cello), 2020
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The Upsetters (feat. Little Richard), “Every Night About This Time” (A. Domino), 1962
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Zosha Warpeha (Hardanger d’amore, voice), live (“larkspur” [improvisation]), Atlantic Center for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach, Florida), 2024
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Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Le Merle noire (The Blackbird), for flute and piano (1952); Kenneth Smith (flute), Matthew Schellhorn (piano), 2008
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Rev. Leon Pinson (1919-1998) and His Talking Guitar, “If You Are a Witness, Let God Abide”
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