Monday, June 17th
Thursday in Chicago
He’s playing Bach’s six cello suites in Millennium Park.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor; Yo-Yo Ma, live, London, 2015
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Chicago
2019
Sunday, June 9th
sounds of Chicago
This track, even after forty years, I never tire of hearing.
Albertina Walker (1929-2010) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), “Please Be Patient with Me” (J. Cleveland), live, Chicago, 1979 (Please Be Patient with Me)
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Sunday, June 2nd
timeless
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “How I Got Over” (C. Ward), live, Chicago
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lagniappe
reading table
Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a soul?
—John Keats (1795-1821), letter to his brother George Keats, 1819
2019
Monday, May 27th
sounds of Chicago
Sheila Jordan (1928-) & Paul Marinaro (1973-), “Comes Love” (S. Stept, L. Brown, C. Tobias), live, Chicago, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Tuesday, May 7th
alone
Elisabeth Harnik (piano), live, Wels, Austria, 2015
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Saturday, May 4th
what’s new
Nilüfer Yanya, “Baby Blu,” 4/11/19
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Columbus Park, Chicago (goslings huddled behind the mother)
2019
Monday, April 22nd
One of my favorite musicians of all time died over seventy-five years ago at the age of twenty-five.
Charlie Christian (1916-1942, guitar) with Cootie Williams (trumpet), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Dave Tough (drums), et al., “Waitin’ for Benny” (full session), live (studio), New York, 1941
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Intuit (Chicago)
Robert Johnson, City, 2018
2019
Tuesday, April 16th
sounds of Chicago
Listen to this guitarist (2:47-), who just celebrated his 92nd birthday with a gig at Chicago’s Green Mill. Even at twenty-three he was utterly original.
Charlie Parker (1920-1955, alto saxophone) with George Freeman (1927-, guitar), et al., “Keen and Peachy” (C. Parker), live, Chicago, 1950
2019
Tuesday, April 9th
sounds of New York
Tyshawn Sorey (drums), Graham Haynes (trumpet), Brandon Ross (guitar), Val-Inc (AKA Val Jeanty, electronics, percussion, turntables), live (studio), New York, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Sunday, April 7th
sounds of Chicago
Carrie Robinson, “Power to Live Right,” live, Chicago (Maxwell Street), 1965
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Forest Park, Ill.
