Monday, July 11th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations; Evgeni Koroliov (1949-, piano), live, Germany (Leipzig), 2008
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: July, 2022
2022
Sunday, June 10th
Aretha testifies!
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), “Climbing Higher Mountains” (with Rev. James Cleveland [1931-1991, piano, vocals]; Southern California Community Choir), live, Los Angeles (New Temple Missionary Baptist Church), 1972
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2022
Saturday, July 9th
what’s new
Moor Mother, “Jazz Codes” Film (with excerpts from the newly released album), published 7/1/22
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reading table
My religion makes no sense
and does not help me
Therefore I pursue it—Anne Carson (1950-), from “My Religion”
2022
Friday, July 8th
sounds of London
Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings, tenor saxophone; Theon Cross, tuba; Tom Skinner, drums; Eddie Hick, drums), live (“Pick Up Your Burning Cross,” “Think of Home,” “In Remembrance of Those Fallen,” “Throughout the Madness, Stay Strong”), London, 2022
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other day, Chicago
2022
Thursday, July 7th
alone
György Ligeti (1923-2006), Étude No. 13 (L’escalier du diable / The Devil’s Staircase); Pierre-Laurent Aimard (1957-, piano), 2017
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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2022
Wednesday, July 6th
sounds of Detroit
Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), “Never Grow Old” (Re-Plant), 2014
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reading table
He walked in awe
In awe of light
At nightfall, not at dawn
Whatever he saw
Receding from sight
In the sky’s afterglow
Was what he wanted
To see, to know—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Enlightenment”
2022
Tuesday, July 5th
like nothing else
Henry Threadgill’s Society Situation Dance Band (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, compositions, direction; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Abdul Wadud, cello; Brandon Ross, guitar; Pheeroan akLaff, drums, et al.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1988
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other day, Chicago
2022
Monday, July 4th
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Blasters, “American Music” (D. Alvin), live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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