this week in Chicago
They will be playing, Thursday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame [flute, alto saxophone, compositions]), Liberty Ellman [guitar], Jose Davila [tuba, trombone], Christopher Hoffman [cello], Elliot Humberto Kavee [drums]), live, Washington, D.C., 2013
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Henry Threadgill, interview, 2021
passings
Jaimie Branch, trumpeter, composer, singer, bandleader, June 17, 1983–August 22, 2022
Live (with Lester St. Louis [cello], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums]), Zurich, Switzerland, 2020
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
string festival
day three
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, composition, direction) and Uprising Orchestra (Lester St. Louis [cello], Ken Filiano [bass], Andrew Drury [drums], et al.), “Myths of Origin,” live, New York, 10/10/21
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Woods, Aix-en-Provence (1887-1890), detail (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
string festival
day two
Tomeka Reid Ensemble (TR, 1977- [cello, composition], Fred Lonberg-Holm [cello], Mazz Swift [violin], Jason Hwang [viola], et al.), “Tokens,” live, Chicago (Hyde Park Jazz Festival), 2015
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
string festival
day one
Daniel Levin (1974-, cello) and Mat Maneri (1969-, viola), live, Columbia, South Carolina, 1/16/22
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Daybreak—
—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Lucien Stryk with the assistance of Noboru Fujiwara (The Dumpling Field: Haiku of Issa, 1991)
working as one,
two butterflies.
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major; Paolo Bonomini (1989-, cello), live, Italy (Brescia), published 2/16/22
like nothing else
Henry Threadgill’s Society Situation Dance Band (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, compositions, direction; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Abdul Wadud, cello; Brandon Ross, guitar; Pheeroan akLaff, drums, et al.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1988
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton (1945-, reeds, composition) with Dan Peck (tuba), Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Tomeka Reid (cello), Jacqui Kerrod (harp), Shelly Burgon (harp), Adam Matlock (accordion, aerophones), “Composition No. 409,” live, New Haven (Connecticut), 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago (Constellation), 6/2/22
1st Set (3:30-): ZRL (Zachary Good, clarinet; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Lia Kohl, cello)
2nd Set (1:11:50-): RedGreenBlue (Paul Giallorenzo, keyboards, electronics; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Charlie Kirchen, bass; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet)
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Tony Malaby (saxophones), Chris Hoffman (cello), William Parker (bass), Billy Mintz (drums), live, New York, 7/12/21
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 