timeless
David S. Ware Quartet (DSW, 1949-2012, tenor saxophone; Matthew Shipp, piano; William Parker, bass; Guillermo E. Brown, drums), live (Vilnius, Lithuania), 2007
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Amsterdam
Michael Moore Universe Quartet (MM, alto saxophone, clarinet; Guillermo Celano, guitar; Omer Govreen, bass; Onno Govaert, drums), live (first set: 15:00; second set: 1:32:00), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), yesterday
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Otis Spann (1924, or 1930, to 1970; piano, vocals), “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do,” live, 1966
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Art Blakey & The New Jazzmen (AB, drums; Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Nathan Davis, tenor saxophone; Jaki Byard, piano; Reggie Workman, bass), “Crisis” (F. Hubbard), live, Paris, 1965
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yesterday, outside Chicago
basement jukebox
Meters, “Cissy Strut” (A. Neville, Z. Modeliste, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter), 1969
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other day, Chicago
sounds of New York
James Brandon Lewis’ Red Lily Quartet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Kirk Knuffke, cornet; William Parker, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2022
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
voices I miss
C’est Trois (Jaimie Branch [6/17/83–8/22/22], trumpet, keyboards; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums), live, New York, 6/23/22
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
Happy (101st) Birthday, Charles!
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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radio
All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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reading table
This poem is not addressed to you.
You may come into it briefly,
But no one will find you here, no one.
You will have changed before the poem will.—Donald Justice (1925-2004), from “Poem”
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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)
this week in Chicago
They’re playing through Sunday at the Jazz Showcase.
Miguel Zenón (1976-, alto saxophone, composition) with Luis Perdomo (piano), Hans Glawischnig (bass), Henry Cole, (drums), “Taínos y Caribes” (M. Zenón), live (studio), 2022
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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