voices I miss
Lester Bowie (1941-1999), trumpet (MCOTD Hall of Famer), with Brazz Brothers, “Summertime” (G. Gershwin), live, Germany (Jazz Baltica), 1993
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lagniappe
art beat: more from last week at the Art Institute of Chicago
Christopher Wool (1955-), Maggie’s Brain (1995)
sounds of New York
Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain,* live, New York, 2014
#1
#2
#3
#4
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art beat: more from Thursday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Christopher Wool (1955-)
*****
*Nate Wooley, trumpet; Chris Dingman, vibraphone; Matt Moran, vibraphone; C. Spencer Yeh, violin; Ben Vida, electronics; Chris Corsano and Ryan Sawyer, drums; Gareth Flowers, Tim Leopold, and Chris DeMeglio, trumpets; Chris McIntyre, Jen Baker, and Will Baker, trombones.
only rock ’n’ roll
The Ex & Brass Unbound,* “Cold Weather Is Back,” live, London, 2010
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Christopher Wool (1955-)
*****
*Roy Paci (trumpet), Wolkter Wierbos (trombone), Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Mats Gustaffson (baritone saxophone).
sounds of New York
Raya Brass Band, live, New York, 2014
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art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1972
sounds of New York
M.A.K.U. Sound System, “El Jugo,” 2013
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1972
two takes
“This May Be The Last Time”
Pastor Brady Blade Sr., Zion Baptist Church, Shreveport, La., April 13, 2014
*****
The Staple Singers, 1961
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lagniappe
art beat
William Eggleston (1939-)
only rock ’n’ roll
Black Dub (Daniel Lanois, guitar, vocals; Trixie Whitley, keyboards, vocals; Jim Wilson, bass, vocals; Brian Blade, drums), “Ring the Alarm,” live, Vancouver, 2011
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art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Four Boys, Uptown, Chicago (1965)
two takes
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge,” 1928
*****
Dr. C. J. Johnson (1913-1991), “You Better Run to the City of Refuge”
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art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), New York, 1967
*****
the beat goes on
Sixteen hundred posts—and counting.
only rock ’n’ roll
Benjamin Booker, “Violent Shiver”
Live, 2013
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Live (album teaser; fall release), 2014
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art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), 1960s
like nobody else
Nina Simone (“Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” [Trad.], “To Love Somebody” [B. Gibb, R. Gibb], “Suzanne” [L. Cohen], “Save Me” [A. Franklin], “Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now”/”Today Is A Killer”/”I Loves You Porgy” [G. Gershwin, D. Heyward]), live, Rome, 1969
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art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1940s
