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.
sounds of Chicago
Delois Barrett Campbell (1926-2011, voice) with sister Rhodessa Barrett Porter (voice), Robert Wooten (organ), Charles Pike (piano), “I’ll Rise Again” (aka “Rise Again”), live, Chicago (Operation Push), late 1970s-80s
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
summer in the city
Japanese Breakfast and Jeff Tweedy, “Jesus, Etc.” (J. Tweedy), live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/16/22
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yesterday, Chicago
summer in the city
Low, live (“White Horses,” “I Can Wait,” “All Night,” “Disappearing,” “Hey,” “Days Like These,” “More,” “The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off),” “Canada”), Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/16/22
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
never enough
Yesterday afternoon, feeling in a bit of a funk before visiting a client in jail, I stumbled upon this and within moments, it seemed, the air began to lighten.
Miles Davis Quintet (MD [1926-1991], trumpet; Wayne Shorter [1933-], tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock [1940-], piano; Ron Carter [1937-], bass; Tony Williams [1945-1997], drums), live, Stockholm (Sweden), 1967
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other day, Chicago
timeless
The Harmonizing Four, “We’re Crossing Over,” live, Germany, 1966
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of all over
Nicola Cruz (DJ), live, San Francisco, 2021
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other day, Chicago
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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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
R. L. Burnside (1926-2005, vocals, guitar), live, Como, Mississippi, 1974
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other day, Chicago
sounds of New York
Reggie Watts (voice, electronics, DJ, etc.), live (studio [The Lot Radio]), New York, 2017
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yesterday, Chicago (Lurie Garden, Millennium Park)
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