what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor, soprano saxophones) with Brandon Seabrook (electric guitar), Shawn Lovato (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), DoYeon Kim (25-String Gayageum), “Atomic Breath” (I. Laubrock), published today
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today, Oak Park, Illinois
what’s new
Marc Ribot Quartet (MR, guitar; Chad Taylor, drums; Briggan Krauss, alto saxophone; Sebastian Steinberg, bass), “Ghost of Sleep” (M. Ribot), published today
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
what’s new
Steve Reich (1936-), In All Your Ways (2026), Colin Currie Group,* live, Amsterdam, 9/19/26
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other day, Lake Superior (outside Copper Harbor, Michigan)
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*Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett, George Barton, Catherine Ring: percussion; Rowland Sutherland, Helen Whitaker: flute; Emma Burgess, Michelle Hromin: clarinet; Jonathan Morton, Clio Gould: violin; Nicholas Bootiman: viola; Robin Michael, Clare O’Connell: cello; Philip Moore, Siwan Rhys: piano; Peter Wilson: electric bass guitar.
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price (1929-2023), “Move On Up a Little Higher,” live, Chicago (Jubilee Showcase), 1969
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other day, Brockway Mountain (outside Copper Harbor, Michigan)
what’s new
Brìghde Chaimbeul (Scottish smallpipes, vocals), Shahzad Ismaily (synths), “a bhò a bhò,” “a dhuine dhuine dhuine,” “She Went Astray,” “Pìobaireachd Nan Eun,” “Bog an Lochan,” live, Washington, D.C., published yesterday
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other day, Lake Superior (Copper Harbor, Michigan)
To improvise is to play with your ears.
Hamid Drake (1955-, drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame) & Tanja Feichtmair (1972-, alto saxophone), live, Austria (Nickelsdorf), 7/26/26
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
two minutes of sonic bliss
Sticks McGhee (1918-1961), “Meet You in the Morning,” 1953
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