Sunday, May 12th
testify!
“You Can’t Make Me Doubt Him,” unknown group, live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God in Christ), c. 1990s
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
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Sunday, May 5th
testify!
Dr. C. J. Johnson (1913-1990) and Family, “You Better Run,” 1989
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Wednesday, May 1st
alone
Andrew Hill (1931-2007, piano, compositions), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1975
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other day, Chicago
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Sunday, April 28th
testify!
Rev. Charlie Jackson (1932-2006), “Wrapped Up, Tangled Up in Jesus (C. Jackson), live, possibly Baton Rouge, 1991
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another take (1969)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Saturday, April 27th
alone
Paul Bley (1932-2016, piano), live, San Francisco, 1976*
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other day, Chicago
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*First Set: (1) ? ; (2) “Ictus, Vashkar” [12:05-]; (3) “I Loves You, Porgy” (ends w/ “I Remember Harlem”) [21:47-]; (4) Seven [31:12-]; (5) Mr. Joy [40:17-]; (6) “Don’t Explain” (ends w/ “Music Matador”) [50:02-]; (7) “Olhos de Gato ” [57:17-]; (8) ? [1:05:40-]; (9) “I Can’t Get Started” [1:17:02-].
Second Set: coming.
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Monday, April 22nd
Happy (102nd) Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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radio
All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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* “So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
** “So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
*** “So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
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Sunday, April 21st
sounds of Arkabutla, Mississippi
Mighty Gospel Clouds (Morven, Georgia), “Thank You, Jesus,” recorded by Alan Lomax at an unidentified A.M.E. church in Arkabutla, Mississippi, 1978
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Saturday, April 20th
like nobody else
Moondog (aka Louis Hardin; 1916-1999), composer, musician, singer
“All Is Loneliness” (L. Hardin)
Moondog, 1956
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Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet, 2023
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, April 14th
sounds of Gloster, Mississippi
Tylertown Spirituals (with Jimmy Wilson, guitar), live (Veal Brothers’ 12th Anniversary), Gloster, Mississippi, 1987
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Friday, April 12th
tonight outside Chicago
She’ll be performing in a 400-seat hall (Northwestern University)—can’t wait.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1; Maria João Pires (1944-, piano), live, Belgium (Brussels), 2021
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