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2024

Monday, April 22nd

Happy (102nd) Birthday, Charles!

Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964

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All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).

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* “So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”

** “So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”

*** “So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)

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2024

Wednesday, April 3rd

like nothing else

Jürg Frey, “Architecture Circulaire” (2017), for 5 contrabass clarinets and 5 percussionists (clarinets: Armand Angster, Hans Koch, Theo Nabicht, Ernesto Molinari, Olivier Vivarès; percussion: Eklekto [Alexandre Babel, Sébastien Cordier, Louis Delignon, Florian Feyer, Dorian Fretto]), live, Geneva, 2017

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other day, Chicago

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2023

Saturday, December 30th

sounds of Chicago

DKV Trio (Hamid Drake [drums, MCOTD Hall of fame], Kent Kessler [bass], Ken Vandermark [reeds]), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), last night

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other night, Chicago

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2023

Wednesday, December 13th

sounds of New York

Marty Erlich: Dark Woods/Bright Sparks (Marty Ehrlich [1955-], woodwinds, compositions; Ron Horton, trumpet; Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon; Erik Friedlander, cello; Matt Pavolka, bass; Satoshi Takahashi, percussion; Erica Hunt, words), live, New York, 12/10/23

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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reading table

Even now there are places where a thought might grow—

—Derek Mahon (1941-2020), from “A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford”

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2023

Friday, November 3rd

like nothing else

Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Hank Roberts (cello), Aurora Nealand (accordion, voice, clarinet), live, New York, 11/1/23

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Thursday, November 2nd

timeless

The other night, driving to Kankakee to see a client in jail, I couldn’t have asked for better company.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Quatuor Ébène with Damien Bachmann (clarinet), live, France (Wissembourg), 2018

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2023

Saturday, October 28th

2n

Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone, clarinet) and Marta Warelis (piano), live, France (Montreuil), 6/22/23

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Saturday, September 23rd

like nothing else

Anthony Davis (1951-), You Have the Right to Remain Silent (2007); Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Louis Langrée, cond.) with Anthony McGill (clarinet), Earl Howard (Kurzweil synthesizer), live, Cincinnati, 2020

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2023

Tuesday, July 25th

sounds of Chicago

Damon Locks’ Black Monument Ensemble (DL, vocals, electronics; Dana Hall, drums; Arif Smith, percussion; Angel Bat Dawid, clarinet, vocals; Ben Lamar Gay, cornet; Monique Golding, vocals; Tremaine Parker, vocals; Erica Rene, vocals), “The Body Is Electric” (D. Locks), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2021

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other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)

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2023

Friday, June 2nd

sounds of Amsterdam

Michael Moore Universe Quartet (MM, alto saxophone, clarinet; Guillermo Celano, guitar; Omer Govreen, bass; Onno Govaert, drums), live (first set: 15:00; second set: 1:32:00), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), yesterday

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other day, Chicago

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