sounds of Chicago
Soul Stirrers (feat. Paul Foster, Jimmy Outler), “I’m A Pilgrim” (PF), “He’s Been A Shelter For Me” (PF), “I’m A Soldier” (JO), “He’ll Understand and Say ‘Well Done,'” “Listen To The Angels” (JO), live [TV Gospel Hour], Memphis, 1963
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There was a (happy) time, after this single’s release in 1975, when you couldn’t go to a Chicago blues bar/club—like, say, Buddy Guy’s Checkerboard Lounge on 43rd Street (423 East)—without hearing it on the jukebox.
Syl Johnson (1936-2022), “Take Me to the River” (Al Green, Mabon [“Teenie”] Hodges), 1975
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Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters, “Messin’ with the Kid” (M. London), 1965
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Violinaires (feat. Robert Blair), “Lift Him Up,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1973
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Fellowship Baptist Church Choir, “When He Speaks,” live, Chicago, c. 1994
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The Birth of Gospel, 2022
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what’s new: sounds of Chicago (in Amsterdam)
Mike Reed’s The Separatist Party (Mike Reed drums/percussion; Rob Frye tenor saxophone/flute/percussion; Ben LaMar Gay cornet/flugelhorn/percussion; Cooper Crain guitar/synthesizer; Dan Quinlivan synthesizer; Marvin Tate vocals), live, Amsterdam, 6/18/26 (performance begins at 18:00)
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Fellowship Baptist Church Choir (feat. Loretta Oliver, 1933-), “He Took My Sins Away,” 1999 and 2023
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what’s new
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet (Jeff Parker, electric guitar with electronics; Jay Bellerose, drums and percussion; Anna Butterss, bass; Josh Johnson, alto saxophone with electronics), live, Los Angeles, 2025 (published yesterday)
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basement jukebox
Five Stairsteps & Cubie, “Don’t Change Your Love” (C. Mayfield), 1968
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