Wednesday, December 23rd
sounds of New Orleans
The Meters (with Lowell George, slide guitar), “Just Kissed My Baby” (Z. Modeliste, A. Neville, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter Jr.), 1974
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Category: drums
2020
Tuesday, December 22nd
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Hamid Drake (drums, percussion; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Michael Zerang (drums, percussion), Joshua Abrams (bass, gumbri), Ayako Kato (movement), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night
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Don’t say my hut has nothing to offer:
come and I will share with you
the cool breeze that fills my window.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by John Stevens
2020
Saturday, December 19th
sounds of Chicago
Mars Williams presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4 (Night 1) (Mars Williams, tenor saxophone, toy instruments; Josh Berman, cornet; Jim Baker, piano, viola, ARP synthesizer; Krzysztof Pabian, bass; Brian Sandstrom, bass, guitar, trumpet; Steve Hunt, drums; Peter Maunu, violin), live (performance begins at 3:45), Chicago (Constellation), last night
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Such a moon—
the thief
pauses to sing.—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
2020
Friday, December 18th
Remember holiday cheer?
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) featuring Tivon Pennicott (tenor saxophone) and Alphonso Horne (trumpet), live, 12/14/20
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Thursday, December 17th
two takes
“Coming on the Hudson” (T. Monk)
Thelonious Monk (piano), live (studio), Paris, 1969
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Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass; Roy Haynes, drums), live, New York, 1958
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Tuesday, December 15th
sounds of Chicago
Little Rootie Tootie (Juli Wood, tenor saxophone; Dustin Laurenzi, tenor saxophone; Katie Ernst, bass; Greg Artry, drums) playing Thelonious Monk, live (performance begins at 13:00), Chicago (Constellation), 12/12/20
MVP?
The drummer (Greg Artry): he lifts everybody.
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farewell! farewell!
hands waving
in the mist—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2020
Thursday, December 10th
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Lester St. Louis, cello; Anton Hatwich, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2018
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Wednesday, December 9th
sounds of New York
Marc Ribot (guitar), Jay Rodriguez (tenor saxophone, flute), Nick Dunston (bass), Chad Taylor (drums), live New York, 2019
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Monday, December 7th
Need a break from bleakness?
Why not begin the week with something exuberant?
“A Night in Tunisia” (D. Gillespie); Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) featuring Bruce Harris (trumpet) and Patrick Bartley (alto saxophone), live, published 10/25/20
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2020
Friday, November 27th
what’s new
How strange, and surprising, this word seems today—”fun.”
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) featuring Cyrille Aimée (vocals), “La Vie En Rose” (E. Piaf, et al.), live, published 11/6/20
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In cherry blossom
shadows, no one, really, is
a stranger now.—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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