Tuesday, December 21st
three takes
“Mystery Train” (J. Parker)
Junior Parker, 1953
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Elvis Presley, 1955
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The Band with Paul Butterfield (vocals, harmonica), live, San Francisco, 1976
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yesterday, Chicago
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Month: December, 2021
2021
Monday, December 20th
sounds of Chicago
An (Albert) Ayler Christmas: Mars Williams (tenor saxophone, suona, toy instruments), Josh Berman (cornet), Jim Baker (piano, viola, ARP synthesizer), Brian Sandstrom (bass, guitar, trumpet), Steve Hunt (drums), Krzysztof Pabian (bass), Peter Maunu (guitar, violin), live (performance begins at 8:30), Chicago, Saturday night
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reading table
All night long
walking around the pond
full moon—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
2021
Sunday, December 19th
sounds of Chicago
Staple Singers, Caravans, Soul Stirrers, Albertina Walker, live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1960s
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Saturday, December 18th
more
Being & Becoming (Peter Evans, trumpets, compositions; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Savannah Harris, drums, percussion), live, Cologne (Germany), 8/28/21
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a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2021
Friday, December 17th
what’s new
Robert Plant and Alison Krause, live (studio: “Can’t Let Go,” “Searching for My Love,” “Trouble With My Lover”), Nashville, published 12/13/21
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Thursday, December 16th
never enough
Janos Starker (1924-2013, cello), recorded 1957-59 (London): Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suites (No. 1 in G major, 00:00-; No. 2 in D minor, 16.59-; No. 3 in C major, 34:32-; No. 4 in E-flat major, 52:56-; No. 5 in C minor, 1:10:56-; No. 6 in D major, 1:33:27-)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, December 15th
basement jukebox
Bobby Bland (1930-2013), “That’s the Way Love Is,” 1963
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Plates and bowls
dim in the darkness
cool of the evening—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
2021
Tuesday, December 14th
timeless
John Cage (1912-1992), Six Melodies (1950); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Hannah Weirich, violin; Ulrich Löffler, piano), live, Cologne (Germany), 2020
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Monday, December 13th
sounds of New York
Being & Becoming (Peter Evans, trumpets, compositions; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Savannah Harris, drums, percussion), New York, streamed 6/29/21
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It is in no sense
essentialthat this crown of leaves,
sifted by windas if turning over
some problem,is a gray-green
brightening into rust-redat the tips
or that its equivocations
fill this instantto the brim.
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Making”
2021
Sunday, December 12th
back to church
“O Lord Help Me to Stand,” Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Gastonia, N.C., 1993
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