Friday, August 31st
what’s new
August Greene (Common [vocals], Robert Glasper [keyboards], Karriem Riggins [drums], et al.), “No Apologies,” live (TV show), 8/13/18
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: August, 2018
2018
Thursday, August 30th
Saturday in Chicago
They’re playing, with bassist William Parker and drummer Bobby Kapp, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Ivo Perelman (tenor saxophone) & Matthew Shipp (piano), live, New York, 2013
2018
Wednesday, August 29th
Friday in Chicago
They’re playing at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Chris Speed Trio (CS, tenor saxophone; Chris Tordini, bass; Dave King, drums), live, Italy, 2015
“All of Me” (G. Marks, S. Simons)
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“Argento” (C. Speed)
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lagniappe
reading table
Light was on its way
from nothing
to nowhere.—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Accounts”
2018
Tuesday, August 28th
Sunday in Chicago
They’re playing at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Ajemian, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, Toronto, 2017
“theme 1,” “. . . meanwhile,” “theme 2”
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“theme nothing”
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, August 27th
sounds of Chicago
Ben LaMar Gay (vocals, cornet, composition), “Muhal,” 2018
2018
Sunday, August 26th
more sounds of Shreveport
Pastor Brady Blade Sr., Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band (Brian Blade, drums, et al.), Hallelujah Train, Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, “Amazing Grace,” live, Shreveport, La., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
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reading table
The present
must be kept empty
so that anything
can happen:—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Empty”
2018
Saturday, August 25th
sounds of New York
Fay Victor’s Mutations for Justice (FV, vocals, compositions; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Michael Vatcher, drums), live, New York, 2018
This drummer, Michael Vatcher, will be playing tonight in Chicago, at Constellation, with cornetist Josh Berman and bassist Jason Roebke.
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Art Institute, South Garden)
2018
Friday, August 24th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Idles, “Danny Nedelko,” 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Art Institute, South Garden)
2018
Thursday, August 23rd
what’s new
Erykah Badu, live (“Rimshot,” “Green Eyes”), Washington, D.C., 8/15/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Wednesday, August 22nd
this weekend in Chicago
Saturday night he’s playing at Constellation.
Craig Taborn, piano
Live, Macedonia (Skopje), 2015
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Live (playing and talking), Belgium (Antwerp), 2016
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