Thursday, March 29th
When did you last hear this combination—piano, drums, turntables?
Sophie Agnel (piano), Michael Vatcher (drums), Joke Lanz (turntables), live, France (Mulhouse), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: drums
2018
Tuesday, March 27th
How about two minutes of joy?
Felix Quartet (Michael Moore, alto saxophone; Wolter Weirbos, trombone; Wilbert de Joode, bass; Michael Vatcher, drums), live, 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
That gorgeous kite
rising
from the beggar’s shack.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Friday, March 23rd
what’s new
August Greene (Common, vocals; Robert Glasper, keyboards; Karriem Riggins, drums; et al.) with guest singers Samora Pinderhughes, Maimouna Youssef, Brandy, Andra Day, live, Washington, D.C., 2/21/18
2018
Wednesday, March 21st
tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing at Constellation.
The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, baritone saxophone; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass; Paal Nilssen-Love, drums), live, London, 2010
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2018
Monday, March 19th
what’s new
Big K.R.I.T. (aka Rodney Carmichael), live, Washington, D.C., 3/5/18
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lagniappe
reading table
father and son
go their separate ways…
blossom viewing—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), 1820 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Saturday, March 3rd
voices I miss
Betty Carter (1929-1998) with Gerri Allen (piano), Dave Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), “Giant Steps” (J. Coltrane), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago (West Diversey)
2018
Friday, March 2nd
two takes
“My Back Pages” (B. Dylan)
Bob Dylan, live
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Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, et al., live, New York, 1992
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lagniappe
reading table
watching the downpour
from under a temple
bell—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Thursday, March 1st
more
Bob Dylan, “It Ain’t Me Babe” (B. Dylan), live
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lagniappe
reading table
today too, today too
the nettle tree snags
the kite—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Wednesday, February 28th
trumpet festival
day three
Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet (WLS, trumpet, compositions; Anthony Davis, piano; John Lindberg, bass; Pheeroan akLaff, drums), “Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 381 Days,” live, Spain (San Sebastian), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2018
Monday, February 26th
trumpet festival
day one
Nate Wooley Quartet (NW, trumpet, compositions; Chris Pitsiokos, alto saxophone; Brandon Lopez, bass; Dre Hocevar, drums), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Garfield Park Conservatory)
music clip of the day 