Sunday, January 23rd
back to church
“Look away in the middle of the air,” live, Rock Hill, S.C. (Nazareath Baptist Church), 2003
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random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Chicago
2022
Saturday, January 22nd
voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame), tenor saxophone
“Oleo” (S. Rollins) with Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone), Willie Pickens (piano), Dan Shapera (bass), Robert Shy (drums), Chicago (Chicago Jazz Festival), 1988
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With John Young (1922-2008, piano), et al., live (radio broadcast), late 1970s
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“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” (E. Maschwitz & M. Sherwin) with Jodie Christian (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), live, Harrisburg, Penn., 1994
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“I Can’t Get Started” (V. Duke, I. Gershwin), live, Belgium, 1992
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“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (R. Rodgers, L. Hart) with Mike Allemena (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), Michael Raynor (drums), live, Chicago (Mandel Hall, University of Chicago), 2011
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my back pages
On a cold, snowy night forty-five years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Von Freeman and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony, during (as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after. All of what they played that night (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More,” “In a Sentimental Mood,” “My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”) can be heard here (0:15-).
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Saturday, January 8th
sounds of Chicago
Tortoise, live, Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago), 2019
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, January 2nd
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011) with Vernon Oliver Price and Loretta Oliver, “There Is No Failure in God” (M. Brunson), live, Chicago (Liberty Baptist Church), 2007
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Friday, December 31st
what’s new
Arooj Aftab (vocals) with Darian Donovan Thomas (violin), Shahzad Ismaily (bass, synthesizer), Gyan Riley (guitar), Maeve Gilchrist (harp), live (“Suroor,” “Mohabbat,” “Saans Lo”), New York (Brooklyn), published 12/8/21
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last night, Chicago
2021
Sunday, December 26th
like nobody else
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “I Couldn’t Keep It to Myself,” live
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other day, Chicago
2021
Thursday, December 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Fresh Palette Ensemble (Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], drums, percussion, voice; Michael Zerang, drums, percussion; Joshua Abrams, bass; Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone; Aoki, taiko drums; Tatsu Aoki, shamisen, conduction; Zahra Glenda Baker, voice; Angel Bat Dawid, voice, clarinet, keyboards; Mai Sugimoto, reeds), live (performance begins at 13:30), Chicago, last night
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other day, Chicago
2021
Monday, December 20th
sounds of Chicago
An (Albert) Ayler Christmas: Mars Williams (tenor saxophone, suona, toy instruments), Josh Berman (cornet), Jim Baker (piano, viola, ARP synthesizer), Brian Sandstrom (bass, guitar, trumpet), Steve Hunt (drums), Krzysztof Pabian (bass), Peter Maunu (guitar, violin), live (performance begins at 8:30), Chicago, Saturday night
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reading table
All night long
walking around the pond
full moon—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
2021
Sunday, December 19th
sounds of Chicago
Staple Singers, Caravans, Soul Stirrers, Albertina Walker, live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1960s
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Thursday, December 9th
sounds of Chicago
Hunter Diamond (tenor saxophone, percussion, clarinet) and Mike Reed (drums, percussion), live (performance begins at 21:30), Chicago, last night
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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