like nobody else
Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet, 1941-2010) & His Magic Band, “I’m Gonna Booglarize You, Baby” (D. Van Vliet), live, TV show (Beat-Club), Germany (Bremen), 1972
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sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina, live (performance begins at 5:15), Buenos Aires (Argentina), 9/23/22
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like nothing else
Moor Mother (aka Camae Ayewa), “Woody Shaw” (feat. Melanie Charles), published 6/8/22
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inspiration
Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, composition), “Stepping Stone,” live, Italy, 1979
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art beat: a while ago, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Grand Bouquet of Flowers (c. 1892-95), detail
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011) and The Jessy Dixon Singers, “Wait on Jesus,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
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3n
Paul Lytton (1947-, drums), Ken Vandermark (1964-, reeds), Nate Wooley (1974-, trumpet), live, Rochester, New York, 4/20/22
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basement jukebox: sounds of Chicago
J. B. Lenoir (1929-1967), “Mama Talk to Your Daughter,” 1955
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Magic Sam (aka Samuel Maghett, 1937-1969), “All Your Love,” 1957
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Otis Rush (1934-2018), “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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Junior Wells (1934-1998), “Little by Little,” 1960
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Buddy Guy (1936-), “First Time I Met the Blues,” 1960
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Sonny Boy Williamson II (aka Alex [or Aleck] Miller, 1912-1965), “Help Me,” 1963
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Fenton Robinson (1935-1997), “Somebody (Loan Me a Dime),” 1967
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what’s new
Fantastic Negrito (aka Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz), “Virginia Soil” (X. Dphrepaulezz), live (studio), published 8/26/22
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reading table
My Teacher once said to me,
—become one with the knot itself
til it dissolves away.—Gary Snyder (1930-), from “Four Changes” (Collected Poems, 2022)
more
Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet) with Ben LaMar Gay (cornet) and Josh Berman (cornet), live, Chicago (Experimental Sound Studio), 2016
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Mavis Staples (1939-) and Levon Helm (1940-2012), “You Got to Move” (rec. 2011, Woodstock, N.Y.), published 2022
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timeless
Fats Waller (1904-1943, piano, vocals), “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” (F. E. Ahlert, J. Young), 1935
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