Sunday, May 22nd
testify!
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018, voice, piano), “Rock of Ages” (A. Toplady), live, Detroit (New Bethel Baptist Church), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2022
Saturday, May 21st
sounds of New York
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar) and Catherine Zikora (tenor saxophone), live, New York (Zürcher Gallery), 5/19/22
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Friday, May 20th
what’s new
Fontaines D.C., live (“The Couple Across the Way,” “In ár gCroíthe go deo,” “Big Shot,” “Nabokov”), Chicago, published 5/17/22
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other day, Chicago (Jackson Park)
2022
Thursday, May 19th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major; Bruno Cocset (cello), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2016
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2022
Wednesday, May 18th
sounds of New York
Kris Davis Trio (KD, piano, composition; William Parker, bass; Jeff “Tain” Watts, drums), live, New York, 2019
#1
*****
#2
(Awaiting the release of Part 3.)
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random sights
yesterday, Columbus Park, Chicago (black-crowned night heron)
2022
Tuesday, May 17th
timeless
Lee Konitz (1927-2020, alto saxophone), Bill Evans (1929-1980, piano [25:33-]), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946-2005, bass), Alan Dawson (1929-1996, drums), live (“What’s New,” “All the Things You Are,” “Detour Ahead,” “My Melancholy Baby”), Paris, 1965
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, May 16th
sounds of Ukraine
Kalush Orchestra, “Stefania,” published yesterday
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Smart Museum (Chicago), Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine (closed yesterday)
Bob Thompson (1937-1966), detail from Blue Madonna (1961)
2022
Sunday, May 15th
sounds of Chicago
Dixie Hummingbirds (feat. James Walker), “The Little Wooden Church,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1964
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random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
2022
Saturday, May 14th
like nobody else
Lennie Tristano (1919-1978, piano), live (“Darn That Dream,” “Lullaby of the Leaves,” “Expressions,” “You Don’t Know What Love Is,” “Tivoli Gardens Swing,” “Ghost of a Chance,” “Imagination,” “Tangerine”), Copenhagen, 1965
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, May 13th
like nobody else
James Booker (1939-1983, piano, vocals), “True” (L. Cottrell, D. Albert), live, Montreux, Switzerland, 1978
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 