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Monday, December 22nd

genius at play

Henry Threadgill (alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader) leading a master class (excerpt), Big Indian, N.Y. (Creative Music Studio), 2014

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More.

Henry Threadgill and His Very Very Circus, “Too Much Sugar for a Dime,” live, New York, c. 1993

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Today Henry, who’s been lifting my spirits for over three decades, enters the MCOTD Hall of Fame, joining tenor saxophonist Von Freeman, trumpeter Lester Bowie, poets John Berryman, William Bronk, and Wislawa Szymborska, and gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates.

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art beat: more from Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Claude Monet (1840-1926), Irises (1914/17)

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radio

One of my favorite musical events begins tonight: the annual Bach Festival on WKCR (Columbia University), which runs through midnight New Year’s Eve.

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Sunday, December 21st

three takes

“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” (A. Showalter, E. Hoffman)

Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, live (TV show)

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Mahalia Jackson, live (TV show), 1961

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Iris Dement, recording (Lifeline), 2010

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art beat: Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Self-Portrait, 1887

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2014

Friday, December 19th

what’s new

D’Angelo and the Vanguard (Pino Palladino, bass; Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, drums, et al.), “Ain’t That Easy” (Black Messiah), 12/15/14

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Here’s another take.

Live, Paris, 2012

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Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (Subway), 1980

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Friday, December 12th

Bach cello festival (day five)

Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor; Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), live, France (Vezelay), 1991

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art beat: Sunday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Oribe-Type Ewer (glazed stoneware), early 17th century, Japan

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2014

Thursday, December 11th

Bach cello festival (day four)

Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major; Pablo Casals (cello), recording, 1939

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Paul Strand (1890-1976), Toward the Sugar House, Vermont, 1944

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Sunday, December 7th

old school

Sensational Nightingales (feat. Julius Cheeks, lead vocals), “I Want To Go,” 1961

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Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (Harlem), c. 1966

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Sunday, November 30th

passings

Bunny Briggs, tap dancer, February 26, 1922-November 15, 2014

Duke Ellington Orchestra with Bunny Briggs (dance) and Jon Hendricks (vocal), “David Danced Before the Lord with All His Might,” live (A Concert of Sacred Music), San Francisco (Grace Cathedral), 1965

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And David danced before the Lord with all his might . . .

—2 Samuel 6:14 (King James)

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Robert Frank (1924-), Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955

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Thursday, November 27th

And thankful I am for the sounds of New Orleans, a city both real and unimaginable.

James Booker (1939-1983), “Classified” (J. Booker), live

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Michael P. Smith (1937-2008), Funeral of Emile Victor Clay, New Orleans, 1996

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Sunday, November 23rd

Back to church.

Whitney Houston (1963-2012), “God Will Take Care of You,” live (11:35-16:35), Evangelical Fellowship Church (Dr. Fred Jenkins Jr.), Pleasantville, N.J., 1998