Saturday, May 21st
sounds of New York
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar) and Catherine Zikora (tenor saxophone), live, New York (Zürcher Gallery), 5/19/22
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yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Chicago
2022
Friday, May 20th
what’s new
Fontaines D.C., live (“The Couple Across the Way,” “In ár gCroíthe go deo,” “Big Shot,” “Nabokov”), Chicago, published 5/17/22
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other day, Chicago (Jackson Park)
2022
Sunday, May 15th
sounds of Chicago
Dixie Hummingbirds (feat. James Walker), “The Little Wooden Church,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1964
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a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
2022
Saturday, May 7th
sounds of Chicago
Jacob Stein (bass clarinet), Damon Smith (bass), Adam Shead (drums, percussion), live (performance begins at 2:45; joined in the second set by Weasel Walter [drums], Sandy Ewan [guitar]), Chicago, last night
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, April 30th
voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, tenor saxophone) with George Freeman (1927-, guitar), et al., “Oh, Lady Be Good!” (George and Ira Gershwin, 1924), live, Chicago, 1980s
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, April 29th
basement jukebox
Buddy Guy (1936-), “First Time I Met the Blues,” 1960
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, April 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago, last night: Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek [1958-], bass; Tomas Fujiwara [1977-], drums; Mary Halvorson [1980-, 2019 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient], guitar)
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this morning, outside Chicago
2022
Wednesday, April 20th
basement jukebox
Ray Charles (193–2004, vocals, piano), “I Don’t Need No Doctor” (N. Ashford, V. Simpson, J. Armstead), 1966
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other day, Chicago
2022
Sunday, April 10th
sounds of Chicago
Chicago Community Choir (with Rev. Milton Brunson [1929-1997, direction, vocals], Jessy Dixon [1938-2011, vocals, piano], et al.), “I’ll Tell It,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1966
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reading table
Music avoids impossibility.
—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “Anew” (section 2)
2022
Wednesday, April 6th
basement jukebox
Howlin’ Wolf (vocals, harmonica; 1910-1976), “How Many More Years,” 1951
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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