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)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: bass
2024
Friday, March 1st
3n
Marta Warelis (piano), Wilbert de Joode (bass), Onno Govaert (drums), live, Amsterdam, 2021
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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
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lagniappe
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yesterday, Chicago
2024
Saturday, January 27th
voices I miss
Albert Collins (1932-1993, vocals, guitar), “Cold, Cold Feeling” (J. M. Robinson), live, 1981
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another take
Ice Pickin’ (Alligator Records), 1978
(This track, which I co-produced nearly 50 years ago, lives on through streaming, with over 17 million plays on Spotify.)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Thursday, January 4th
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell [1940-], reeds, percussion); Joseph Jarman [1937-2019], reeds, percussion; Lester Bowie [1941-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame], trumpet, percussion; Malachi Favors [1927-2004], bass, percussion), live (TV show), France, 1970
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, December 30th
sounds of Chicago
DKV Trio (Hamid Drake [drums, MCOTD Hall of fame], Kent Kessler [bass], Ken Vandermark [reeds]), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), last night
#1
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#2
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lagniappe
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other night, Chicago
2023
Friday, December 15th
timeless
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone: Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), “Bolivar Blues” (T. Monk), live, Japan, 1963, excerpt
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Even now there are places where a thought might grow—
—Derek Mahon (1941-2020), from “A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford”
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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