Tuesday, July 21st
alone
Chris Corsano (1975-, percussion), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/4/20
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other day, Chicago
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: drums
2020
Monday, July 20th
sounds of New York
Jason Kao Hwang’s Spontaneous River Orchestra (JKH, conductor, violin; Sarah Bernstein, Skye Steele, Rosie Hertlein, Helen Yee, Leonor Falcon, Ben Sutin, Fredrika Krier, Aimee Nieman, Gwen Laster, violin; Melanie Dyer, Joanna Mattrey, viola; Daniel Levin, cello; Hill Greene, Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), “New York” (L. Jenkins), “Bien Ho Blues / Nothing But Love” (B. Bang), live, New York, 2016
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2020
Saturday, July 18th
timeless
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (AB, drums; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone; Lee Morgan, trumpet; John Hicks, piano; Victor Sproles, bass), live (music starts at 4:25), Paris, 1965
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yesterday, Chicago
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If I had known
how sorrowful this world is,
I would have become
grass or a tree
in a deep mountain!—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2020
Wednesday, July 15th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Chris Corsano (drums), live, New York, 2014
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2020
Tuesday, July 14th
what’s new
How often does a drummer get equal billing?
Tom Misch (vocals, guitar) and Yussef Dayes (drums), “Night Rider,” “Tidal Wave,” published 7/13/20
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Rescue workers said there was little hope of finding any more survivors from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar that killed at least 170 people. Many of the dead were scouring the mine’s rubble for remnants of the gemstone.
—The Economist, 7/11/20
2020
Monday, July 13th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock Sextet (IL, tenor saxophone, composition; Craig Taborn, piano; Miya Masaoka, koto; Dan Peck, tuba; Tyshawn Sorey, drums; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, New York, 2015
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2020
Thursday, June 25th
This I could listen to all day.
Generations Quartet: Billy Hart (1940-, percussion, lower left), Bob Moses (1948-, percussion, upper left), Dafnis Prieto (1974-, percussion, upper right), Marcelo Perez (1997-, percussion, lower right), live, Boston, 2019
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2020
Wednesday, June 17th
voices I miss
Betty Carter (vocals, 1929-1998) with Geri Allen (piano, 1957-2017), Dave Holland (bass, 1946-), Jack DeJohnette (drums, 1942-), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1993
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2020
Monday, June 15th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
His music I first encountered over 40 years ago, and it’s been a perpetual source of joy and inspiration ever since.
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid (HT, 1944-, alto saxophone, composition [MCOTD Hall of Fame]; Jose Dávila, tuba; Liberty Ellman, guitar; Stomu Takeishi, bass; Elliot Kavee, drums), live, Italy ( Cormòns), 2008
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In this world
we walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2020
Friday, June 12th
only rock ‘n’ roll
PJ Harvey, “Dress” (PJ Harvey, R. Ellis), live, England (V Festival), 2003
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