this week in Chicago
He will be playing, Saturday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Miguel Zenón (1976-, alto saxophone, composition), “Navegando (Las Estrellas Nos Guían)” (feat. Los Pleneros De La Cresta), live (studio), published 8/26/22
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
passings
Jaimie Branch, trumpeter, composer, singer, bandleader, June 17, 1983–August 22, 2022
Live (with Lester St. Louis [cello], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums]), Zurich, Switzerland, 2020
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Denmark
Rigmor, live (“Træ,” “Det er lige meget,” “Citatsangen,” “Gyroskop”), Denmark (Aarhus), 2022
string festival
day three
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, composition, direction) and Uprising Orchestra (Lester St. Louis [cello], Ken Filiano [bass], Andrew Drury [drums], et al.), “Myths of Origin,” live, New York, 10/10/21
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Woods, Aix-en-Provence (1887-1890), detail (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
string festival
day two
Tomeka Reid Ensemble (TR, 1977- [cello, composition], Fred Lonberg-Holm [cello], Mazz Swift [violin], Jason Hwang [viola], et al.), “Tokens,” live, Chicago (Hyde Park Jazz Festival), 2015
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar), “Un Día Punk” (J. Molina), live, Mexico City, 2020
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Kris Davis Trio (KD, 1980-, piano, compositions; William Parker, 1952-, bass; Jeff “Tain” Watts, 1960-, drums), live, New York, 2019
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reading table
the stars I can see and those I will never see / will not ever again be in the same places / as they are at this moment
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we are all here together without knowing it / flying at a speed beyond thinking
—W.S. Merwin (1927-2019), from “One October Night” (Garden Time, 2016)
more
James Brandon Lewis Trio (JBL [1983-, tenor saxophone, composition], et al.), “Raise Up Off Me,” live, New York, 3/9/22
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I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past
into the present(which amounts to the same thing)
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Pretty Little” (Conjure, 2020)
another take
“Body and Soul” (J. Green, E. Heyman, R. Sour, F. Eyton), 1930: Art Pepper (1925-1982, alto saxophone), live, Japan (Hokkaido), 1981
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), The Bay at L’Estaque (1878-82) (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
summer in the city
Low, live (“White Horses,” “I Can Wait,” “All Night,” “Disappearing,” “Hey,” “Days Like These,” “More,” “The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off),” “Canada”), Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/16/22
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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