Sunday, November 1st
testify!
Meditation Singers, “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me” (S. Cooke), live, France (Antibes Jazz Festival), 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2026
Saturday, October 31st
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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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Illinois
2026
Friday, October 30th
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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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2026
Monday, October 26th
what’s new
Steve Reich (1936-), In All Your Ways (2026), Colin Currie Group,* live, Amsterdam, 9/19/26
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lagniappe
other day, Lake Superior (outside Copper Harbor, Michigan)
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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.
2026
Sunday, October 25th
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price (1929-2023), “Move On Up a Little Higher,” live, Chicago (Jubilee Showcase), 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Brockway Mountain (outside Copper Harbor, Michigan)
2026
Saturday, October 24th
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Lake Superior (Copper Harbor, Michigan)
2026
Monday, October 12th
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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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
2026
Saturday, October 3rd
two minutes of sonic bliss
Sticks McGhee (1918-1961), “Meet You in the Morning,” 1953
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2026
Saturday, September 26th
what’s new
Jan Blomqvist, live, Burning Man Festival, Nevada, 9/5/26
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lagniappe
found words
L is the twelfth letter of the modern English alphabet and represents a voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound.
—Google AI’s response to iPhone’s unsought search for the letter “l”
2026
Thursday, September 24th
what’s new
Laurie Anderson (voice, electronics), “Dirty Boulevard” (L. Reed), live, New York (Brooklyn Bridge Park), 9/19/26
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Monadnock Building [1893])
