Friday, August 19th
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Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar), “Un Día Punk” (J. Molina), live, Mexico City, 2020
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: bass
2022
Wednesday, August 17th
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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lagniappe
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)
2022
Tuesday, August 9th
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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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reading table
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)
2022
Thursday, August 4th
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)
2022
Friday, July 29th
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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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2022
Tuesday, July 26th
voices I miss
Ed Blackwell (1929-1992, drums, percussion) with Mal Waldron (1925-2002, piano), Charles Rouse (1924-1988, tenor saxophone), Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (1937-, bass), live (“The Git Go” [M. Waldron], excerpt), New York (Village Vanguard), 1980s
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2022
Wednesday, July 20th
sounds of New York
Lukas Ligeti Quintet (LL, drums, percussion, compositions; Shoko Nagai, piano; Darren Johnston, trumpet; Travis Sullivan, alto saxophone; Michael Bates, bass), live, New York, 7/15/22
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reading table
The pure products of America
go crazy——William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), from “To Elsie” (1923)
2022
Saturday, July 16th
sounds of Slovenia
Jure Pukl (tenor saxophone, composition), Peter Evans (trumpet), Joe Sanders (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), live Slovenia (Ljubljana Jazz Festival), 6/15/22
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random sights
this morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
2022
Thursday, July 14th
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch Trio (JB, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Mike Pride, drums), live, New York, 2019
2022
Tuesday, July 5th
like nothing else
Henry Threadgill’s Society Situation Dance Band (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, compositions, direction; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Abdul Wadud, cello; Brandon Ross, guitar; Pheeroan akLaff, drums, et al.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1988
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random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day 