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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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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.
only rock ‘n’ roll
Unwound, live, Olympia, Wash., 1994
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other day, Chicago
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
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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reading table
passing through one day—
they let me listen
to their phonograph—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson
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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radio
Today, in celebration of the birthday of Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti (1938-1997), it’s all Fela all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
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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radio
Today it’s all Monk all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
alone
Kham Meslien (bass, percussion, electronics), live, France (Chamonix), 7/23/23
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yesterday, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
what’s new
Meshell Ngdegeocello, “The Atlantiques” (with Jeff Parker [guitar], Josh Johnson [saxophone], et al.), published 10/3/23
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