Sunday, June 7th
sounds of Chicago
Fellowship Baptist Church Choir (feat. Loretta Oliver, 1933-), “He Took My Sins Away,” 1999 and 2023
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Saturday, May 30th
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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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Tuesday, May 19th
basement jukebox
Five Stairsteps & Cubie, “Don’t Change Your Love” (C. Mayfield), 1968
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Sunday, May 10th
sounds of Chicago
Loretta Oliver with Milton Brunson (1929-1997) and the Thompson Community Singers (with Jessy Dixon [1938-2011], organ), “Joy Will Come in the Morning,” live, 1964
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Wednesday, May 6th
sounds of Chicago
This track, as I recall, was something of an afterthought, recorded late that night, as the session was winding down, the lights lowered.
Carey Bell (1936-2007, vocals, harmonica), “Woman in Trouble” (C. Bell), Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1, 1978
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Tuesday, May 5th
sounds of New York
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), “Hopscotch” (Joe Chambers), live, 2016
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Sunday, May 3rd
sounds of Chicago
Dr. Charles G. Hayes and the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir, “Jesus Can Work It Out,” 1980
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Monday, March 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Whitney Johnson (viola, voice), Lia Kohl (cello, voice), Macie Stewart (violin, voice), “Stone I Piece,” Chicago (The Land School), 2025
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Wednesday, March 11th
sounds of Chicago
Ramon Lazkano (1968-), A Glitch at the Edge (2023); Grossman Ensemble, live, Chicago, 2023 (premiere)
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Saturday, February 28th
sounds of Chicago
Music for Union Station, Lia Kohl (composition, cello), Dorothy Carlos (cello), Zachary Good (bass clarinet), Gerrit Hatcher (tenor saxophone) Riley Leitch (trombone), Nick Meryhew (trombone), Beth McDonald (tuba), Zach Moore (bass), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Macie Stewart (violin), performed 5/15/25 (Union Station, Chicago [rush hour]), published January 16, 2026
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