Thursday, June 29th
sounds of Beirut
Ernesto Chahoud (DJ), live, Beirut (Chico Records), 2017
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
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Month: June, 2023
2023
Tuesday, June 27th
alone
Ran Blake (1935-, piano), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (H. Arlen, Y. Harburg), live, yesterday
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2023
Sunday, June 25th
sounds of Chicago
Cassietta George (1929-1995), “I Must Tell Jesus,” live (TV Show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, June 24th
passings
Peter Brötzmann, saxophonist, clarinetist, March 6, 1941–June 22, 2013
With his quartet (PB [reeds], Alexander Von Schlippenbach [piano], Peter Kowald [bass], Paul Lovens [drums]), live, Poland (Warsaw), 1974
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With Last Exit (PB [reeds], Sonny Sharrock [guitar], Bill Laswell [6-string bass], Ronald Shannon Jackson [drums, voice]), live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1994
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With Chicago Tentet (PB [saxophones], Ken Vandermark [saxophones], Joe McPhee [saxophones], Roland Ramanan [trumpet], Toshinori Kondo [trumpet], Jeb Bishop [trombone], Fred Longberg-Holm [cello], Kent Kessler [bass], Michael Zerang [drums], Paal Nilssen-Love [drums]), live, France (Le Mans), 2004
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
2023
Friday, June 23rd
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “ASR ,” published 6/20/23
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2023
Wednesday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Sun Ra, “I Am Strange,” early 1950s
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Monday, June 19th
what’s new
Lauryn Hill, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” live, Philadelphia (Roots Picnic After Party), 6/3/23
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2023
Sunday, June 18th
sounds of Vidalia
The Benjamin Phillips Documentary: The Life of a Living Legend (excerpt), Vidalia, Georgia, 2015
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other day, Chicago
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Saturday, June 17th
sounds of Bali
This I could listen to all day.
Brian Baumbusch, “Prisms for Gene Davis, #9”; Nata Swara, live, Bali, 2022
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, A Woman Walking in a Garden (1887), detail
2023
Thursday, June 15th
sounds of New York
Michael Attias (alto saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York (Main Drag, Brooklyn), 3/29/23
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