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2023

Wednesday, December 13th

sounds of New York

Marty Erlich: Dark Woods/Bright Sparks (Marty Ehrlich [1955-], woodwinds, compositions; Ron Horton, trumpet; Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon; Erik Friedlander, cello; Matt Pavolka, bass; Satoshi Takahashi, percussion; Erica Hunt, words), live, New York, 12/10/23

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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Even now there are places where a thought might grow—

—Derek Mahon (1941-2020), from “A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford”

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2023

Friday, December 1st

sounds of Amsterdam

Dave Douglas Quintet (Dave Douglas, trumpet, compositions; Jon Irabagon, tenor saxophone; Marta Warelis piano; Nick Dunston, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Amsterdam, 1/19/23 

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other day, Chicago

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2023

Thursday, November 23rd

voices I miss

Von Freeman (1923-2012, tenor saxophone) with Mike Allemana (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), Michael Raynor (drums), “Blame It on My Youth” (O. Levant, E. Heyman), live, Chicago (Apartment Lounge), 2010

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Wednesday, November 15th

what’s new

John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet (JZ [1953-], alto saxophone, compositions; Julian Lage, guitar; Jorge Roeder, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums), live, Netherlands (Hertogenbosch), 11/3/23

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2023

Tuesday, November 14th

what’s new

Bill Frisell Trio (BF, guitar; Thomas Morgan, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Germany (Leverkusener), 11/9/23

https://www.youtube.com/live/SEfgRFzbgjU?si=h0h20RXMwj5AAvs6

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Saturday, November 11th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Unwound, live, Olympia, Wash., 1994

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other day, Chicago

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2023

Thursday, October 26th

Looking for something fresh?

Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone, composition), Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), “Grammy Season,” published 3/31/23

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yesterday, Chicago

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2023

Tuesday, October 17th

voices I miss

Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano), Charlie Haden (1937-2014, bass), Paul Motian (1931-2011, drums), “Lonely Woman” (Ornette Coleman), 1988

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passing through one day—
they let me listen
to their phonograph

—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson

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2023

Monday, October 16th

sounds of New York

Being & Becoming (Peter Evans [trumpets, compositions], Joel Ross [vibraphone, electronics], Nick Jozwiak [bass, electronics], Michael Ode [drums]), “Malibu,” live, New York, 9/10/23

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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Today, in celebration of the birthday of Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti (1938-1997), it’s all Fela all day at WKCR (Columbia University).

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Tuesday, October 10th

Happy Birthday, Thelonious!

Thelonious Monk (10/10/1917–2/17/1982, piano, compositions) with Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Butch Warren (b), Frankie Dunlop (drums), live (TV show: “Evidence,” “Blue Monk,” Just a Gigolo” [L. Casucci, J. Brammer, I. Caesar], “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues,” “Epistrophy”), Tokyo, 1963 

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other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

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

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