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Tuesday, September 4th

serendipity

This I bumped into the other night.

Ivan Petrovich Larionov (1830-1889), “Kalinka”; Tanya Kalmanovitch (violin) and Ted Reichman (accordion), live, Boston (Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory), 2010

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

Monday, September 3rd

timeless

Bessie Smith, “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out,” 1929

 

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

Charles White (1918-1979), Bessie Smith (Charles White: A Retrospective, closing today; traveling to New York [Museum of Modern Art], then Los Angeles [Los Angeles County Museum of Art])

Thursday, August 30th

Saturday in Chicago

They’re playing, with bassist William Parker and drummer Bobby Kapp, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.

Ivo Perelman (tenor saxophone) & Matthew Shipp (piano), live, New York, 2013

 

Monday, August 27th

sounds of Chicago

Ben LaMar Gay (vocals, cornet, composition), “Muhal,” 2018

 

Saturday, August 25th

sounds of New York

Fay Victor’s Mutations for Justice (FV, vocals, compositions; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Michael Vatcher, drums), live, New York, 2018

 

This drummer, Michael Vatcher, will be playing tonight in Chicago, at Constellation, with cornetist Josh Berman and bassist Jason Roebke.

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random sights

other day, Chicago (Art Institute, South Garden)

Friday, August 24th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Idles, “Danny Nedelko,” 2018

 

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Art Institute, South Garden)

Wednesday, August 22nd

this weekend in Chicago

Saturday night he’s playing at Constellation.

Craig Taborn, piano

Live, Macedonia (Skopje), 2015

 

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Live (playing and talking), Belgium (Antwerp), 2016

 

Saturday, August 11th

voices I miss

Sun Ra Arkestra (Sun Ra [aka Herman Blount, 1914-1993], keyboards, compositions, vocals), TV show (Night Music), “Face the Music,” “Space Is the Place,” 1989

 

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Here’s another take on “Space Is the Place,” which I bumped into the other day at the Art Institute of Chicago, where it’s playing, continuously, through August 19th.

Space Is the Place (A March for Sun Ra), directed by Cauleen Smith, featuring the Rich South High School marching band, Chicago (Chinatown Square), 2011

 

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Friday, August 10th

summer in the city

Big Thief, live, Chicago, 7/20/18

“Mary”

 

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“Shark Smile”

 

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random sights

other day, Monhegan Island, Maine

Saturday, July 21st

what’s new

Sounds so strong just 46 seconds will last the whole day.

J@K@L,* After a Few Days (excerpt), 4/2/18

 

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yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine

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*Keefe Jackson (saxophones, tube), Julian Kirshner (drums), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello, tenor guitar, electronics).