Saturday, August 1st
what’s new
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone) & Luis Perdomo (piano), “El Día Que Me Quieras” (Alfredo Le Pera, Carlos Gardel), published yesterday
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
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Monday, July 27th
sounds of New York
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone with electronics; compositions) with Pala Garcia (violin), Kyle Armbrust (viola), Michael Nicolas (cello) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Kim Cass (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums), Arktureye (electronics), Eli Greenhoe (conductor), Of the Near and the Far (record release show), live, New York, 2025
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Sunday, July 26th
sounds of Chicago
Soul Stirrers (feat. Paul Foster, Jimmy Outler), “I’m A Pilgrim” (PF), “He’s Been A Shelter For Me” (PF), “I’m A Soldier” (JO), “He’ll Understand and Say ‘Well Done,'” “Listen To The Angels” (JO), live [TV Gospel Hour], Memphis, 1963
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Saturday, July 25th
what’s new
Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet (JL, tenor saxophone; Julian Lage, guitar; Asante Santi Debriano, bass; Will Calhoun, drums), “Fanfare for Unity” (J. Lovano), live, Spain (San Sebastian), July 23, 2026
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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Friday, July 24th
sounds of Chicago
There was a (happy) time, after this single’s release in 1975, when you couldn’t go to a Chicago blues bar—like, say, Buddy Guy’s Checkerboard Lounge on 43rd Street—without hearing it on the jukebox.
Syl Johnson (1936-2022), “Take Me to the River” (Al Green, Mabon [“Teenie”] Hodges), 1975
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other day, Vermont (covered bridge near Sharon [1879])
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Thursday, July 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters, “Messin’ with the Kid” (M. London), 1965
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Tuesday, July 21st
what’s new
Vince Staples, live (“Blackberry Marmalade,” “Go! Go! Gorilla,” “White Flag,” “Shame on the Devil,” “Only in America”), Washington, D.C., published today
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other day, Vermont
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Sunday, July 19th
sounds of Baltimore
Mighty Clouds of Joy (feat. Joe Ligon), “Steal Away,” “Golden Bells,” “Just Look for Me in Heaven,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), 1964
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yesterday, Vermont
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Friday, July 17th
like nobody else
James Booker (piano, voice [1939-1983]), “True” (D. Albert, L. Cottrell), live, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival), 1978
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other day, Chicago
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Thursday, July 16th
Last night, after entering this sound world, I didn’t want to leave.
Christian Wolff (1934-), Mountain Messengers (for piano and orchestra, 2020), live (Nicolas Hodges, piano; Basel Sinfonietta [Ilan Volkov, conductor]), Switzerland (Basel), 1/24/21 (world premiere)
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