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Thursday, December 18th

passings

Steve Cropper, guitarist, songwriter, producer, October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025

Booker T. & the M.G.’s, live, New York, 1991

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Phil Upchurch, guitarist, July 19, 1941 – November 23, 2025

With Booker T. & the M.G.’s, “Love and Peace,” live (TV show), published 2010

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lagniappe

art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), annual Day of the Dead exhibit

Tuesday, December 2nd

timeless

Duke Ellington (1899-1974; piano, composition) & Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967; piano, composition) with Joe Shulman (1923-1957, bass), “In a Blue Summer Garden,” rec. 1950 (New York)

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langiappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Illinois

Wednesday, November 26th

what’s new

Nate Smith (drums) with James Francies (keyboards, synthesizer), Josh Johnson (alto saxophone), Ben Williams (bass), “Magic Dance,” live (studio), Seattle, 10/1/25 (published yesterday)

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lagniappe

other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Friday, November 21st

what’s new

One-word review: Wow!

Archer (Dave Rempis, saxophone; Terrie Hessels, guitar; Jon Rune Strøm, bass; Tollef Østvang, drums), live, Austria (Wels), 11/8/25

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lagniappe

random sights

yesterday, Chicago

Monday, November 10th

what’s new

SML, live, Chicago (Empty Bottle), 2025 (published 11/6/25)

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Wednesday, October 29th

passings

Jack DeJohnette, drummer, pianist, composer, August 9, 1942 – October 26, 2025

Jack DeJohnette (drums) with MCOTD Hall-of-Famer Henry Threadgill (reeds), Roscoe Mitchell (reeds), Muhal Richard Abrams (piano), and Larry Gray (bass), Made in Chicago, 2015

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Friday, August 29th

Happy Birthday!

Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955, alto saxophone) with Fats Navarro (trumpet), Bud Powell (piano), Art Blakey (drums), et al., recorded live at Birdland (NYC) on May 15-16, 1950*

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radio

Today it’s all Bird all day at WKCR (Columbia University).

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*Complete information regarding personnel and compositions can be found here.

Saturday, August 23rd

One-word review: Wow!

The Leaders (Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Chico Freeman, 1949-, tenor saxophone [son of MCOTD Hall of Famer Von Freeman]; Arthur Blythe, 1940-2017, alto saxophone; Kirk Lightsey, 1937-, piano; Cecil McBee, 1935-, bass; Famadou Don Moye, 1946-, drums), live (“Luna,” C. Freeman; “Blues on the Bottom,” C. McBee; “Heaven Dance,” K. Lightsey), Vienna, c. 1989 (published 8/20/25)

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, outside Chicago

Tuesday, August 5th

3n

Marcus Gilmore (drums) with David Virelles (piano), Petros Klampanis (bass), “Cape Stride” (M. Gilmore), live, Greece (Athens), 2023

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Illinois

Friday, July 18th

like nobody else

Terry Riley (June 24, 1935-, composer, musician), 90th birthday celebration, live, New York, 6/24/25: The Holy Liftoff (2024), Claire Chase (flutes); In C (1964), large ensemble

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Illinois