back to church
Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, Georgia, “I’ll Be There The Reckly [Directly] Sitting Down,” 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
Oak Park, Illinois, yesterday
3n
Kris Davis Trio (KD, piano; Robert Hurst, bass; Jonathan Blake, drums), live (“Knotweed,” “Coda Queen,” “Albert Collins”), Berlin, 2025
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
alone
Thelonious Monk ([1917-1982] piano, composition), “Crespescule with Nellie,” 1970
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
“The Storm Is Passing Over” (C. Tindley, D. Vails)
Unidentified church and lead singer, 2011
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sounds of Jamaica
Augustus Pablo ([1954-1999] guitar, melodica), Hugh Mundell ([1962-1983] vocals), live, Jamaica (outside Kingston), 1979
Amina Claudine Myers (1942-, vocals, piano), live, London, 2025
other day, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Ramon Lazkano (1968-), A Glitch at the Edge (2023); Grossman Ensemble, live, Chicago, 2023 (premiere)
passings
Eliane Radigue, composer, musician, January 24, 1932 – February 23, 2026
L’Île re-sonante (The Resonant Island), (2000)
this morning, Oak Park, Illinois
Joy Guidry (bassoon, electronics, compositions), “Dear June A Letter to my Father,” “You’ve Done What You Can,” “Praise & Worship,” published 2/27/26
testify!
Mid-South Singers, “Will Meet You in the Morning,” two takes (1st [released], 0:00-2:53; 2nd [unreleased], 2:58-6:08), 1953