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Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964

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All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).

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* “So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”

** “So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”

*** “So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)

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2024

Monday, April 8th

sounds of New York

These two sets, live-streamed last night, are very different. The first is wonderful. The second? One of the best things I’ve heard in a long time.

First Set: Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, electronics) & Adam O’Farrill (trumpet, electronics) Duo, 10:00-

Second Set: Patricia Brennan’s SeVeN (Patricia Brennan, vibraphone, electronics; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, electronics; Jon Irabagon, alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Kim Cass, bass; Dan Weiss, drums; Mauricio Herrera, percussion), 1:14:00-

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2024

Saturday, April 6th

joy, n. a source of keen pleasure or delight. E.g., listening to singer Eddie Jefferson.

Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979), live (with Richie Cole, alto saxophone; John Campbell, piano; Kelly Sill, bass; Joel Spencer, drums), Chicago (Jazz Showcase), 5/6/79 (days later, he was dead, shot outside a Detroit jazz club)

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art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), Mont Sainte-Victoire (detail)

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2024

Saturday, March 30th

4ⁿ

Charles Lloyd (1938-, alto flute) with Jason Moran (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), and Brian Blade (drums), “Booker’s Garden” (C. Lloyd), live, Santa Barbara, Cal., 2023

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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2024

Friday, March 29th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Moja (Haru [bass, vocals], Masumi [drums]), live (“Geji, Geji,” “No Thank You,” “Hello”), France (Rennes), 12/8/23

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art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)

Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), Untitled, 1968 (detail)

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2024

Monday, March 4th

only rock ‘n’ roll

The Veldt, live (“The Everlasting Gobstopper,” “Aurora Borealis,” “In a Quiet Room,” “Forever Green,” “Joi”), Seattle, 12/13/23

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Conservatory)

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2024

Friday, March 1st

3ⁿ

Marta Warelis (piano), Wilbert de Joode (bass), Onno Govaert (drums), live, Amsterdam, 2021

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2024

Monday, February 26th

What you didn’t know you needed right now.

Irreversible Entanglements (Camae Ayewa [Moor Mother], vocals; Aquiles Navarro, trumpet, synthesizer; Keir Neuringer, saxophone, synthesizer; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums; Kyle Kidd, vocals), live (“Fireworks”, “Soundness,” “Free Love,” “Our Land Back,” “root ᐸ=ᐳ branch,” “Protect Your Light”), live, Washington, D.C., 2/19/24

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2024

Monday, February 19th

This I could listen to all day.

SYMPHONY (Peter Evans, trumpets, flugelhorn, compositions; Alice Teyssier, flutes, voice; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Levy Lorenzo, percussion, electronics), “Points of Light,” published 2/17/24