like nobody else
Sun Ra (1914-1993, Fender Rhodes electric piano), live (“Love in Outer Space,” “Haverford Impromptu #1,” “Rhapsody in Blue,” “St. Louis Blues,” “Space is the Place / Over the Rainbow,” “Haverford Impromptu #2”), followed by Walt Dickerson (1928-2008, vibraphone), Haverford College (Pennsylvania), 1980
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random sights
other day, Chicago
alone
Peter Evans (1981-, trumpet, composition), “Mirrors of Infinity,” live (studio), 2016
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reading table
To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), letter to Thomas Higginson, late 1872
more
James Brandon Lewis Trio (JBL [1983-, tenor saxophone, composition], et al.), “Raise Up Off Me,” live, New York, 3/9/22
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reading table
I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past
into the present(which amounts to the same thing)
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Pretty Little” (Conjure, 2020)
alone
Dai Fujikura (1977-), Sakana (2007); Ryan Muncy (tenor saxophone, International Contemporary Ensemble), live, New York, 2015
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Mavis Staples (1939-) and Levon Helm (1940-2012), “Farther Along,” published 8/5/22 (rec. 2011, Woodstock, N.Y.)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
James Brandon Lewis (1983-, tenor saxophone, composition), “Fear Not” (feat. The Messthetics), published 7/26/22
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
FKJ (1990-, everything), live (home studio), published 7/7/22
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
another take
“Body and Soul” (J. Green, E. Heyman, R. Sour, F. Eyton), 1930: Art Pepper (1925-1982, alto saxophone), live, Japan (Hokkaido), 1981
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), The Bay at L’Estaque (1878-82) (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
alone in Ukraine
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Klavierstück (1925); Antonii Baryshevskyi (1988-, piano), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2017
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other day, outside Chicago
2n
Peter Evans (1981-, piccolo trumpet) and Joel Ross (1995-, vibraphone), “Ask Me Now” (T. Monk), live, Slovenia (Velenje), 2019
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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