basement jukebox
Ken Boothe (1948-)
“Everything I Own” (D. Gates), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #1)
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“Crying Over You” (L. Charmers, K. Boothe), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #11)
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sounds of Jamaica
Mista Savona (DJ), King Tubby’s Heaviest Dubs (King Tubby aka Osbourne Ruddick, 1941-1989), published 2021
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reading table
Why is everything now geared to longevity? If everything’s directed at maximizing the number of years you live, you’re denying life itself.
—artist David Hockney (1937-), quoted in A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (Martin Gayford, expanded edition, 2016)
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Klavierstücke (piano pieces); Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/13/23
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alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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testify!
Etta James (1938-2012) with Allen Toussaint (1938-2015, piano) and Dr. John (1941-2019, piano), “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show: Soundstage), Chicago, 1982
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serendipity
Bumped into this last night, happily.
Taraf De Haidouks, playing Balkan gypsy folk music, 2012
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passings
Robbie Robertson, guitarist, songwriter, singer, July 5, 1943–August 9, 2023
The Band, live (“Time to Kill,” “The Weight,” “This Wheel’s on Fire,” “Up on Cripple Creek”), live, Pittsburgh, 1970
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Tristan Honsinger, cellist, etc., October 23, 1949–August 5, 2023
With Schuichi Chino (piano), live, Italy (Trieste), 4/7/23
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With Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, 2021
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With Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet), Herb Robertson (trumpet, etc.), Kresten Osgood (drums, etc.), live, Copenhagen, 2018
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With Cecil Taylor Quintet (CT, piano; Harri Sjostrom, soprano saxophone; TH, cello; Thurman Barker, marimba, percussion; Paul Lovens, drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995
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what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “Georgia Ave” (M. Ndegeocello), live (studio), published 7/24/23
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sounds of Chicago
Violinaires, “I’ll Go With Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1973
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