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Thursday, January 28th

sounds of Jamaica

Burning Spear, live, Paris, 1988

Wednesday, January 27th

sounds of Mali

Tinariwen with Lalla Badi, “Tinde Final Tinariwen,” live, Paris, 2014

Monday, January 25th

The last time I heard a trumpeter this quiet, this subtle, this interesting was . . . hmmm . . .

Ambrose Akinmusire (ah-kin-MOO-sir-ee) Quintet,* live, Luxembourg (Dudelange), 2014


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*AM, trumpet; Charles Atura, guitar; Sam Harris, piano; Harish Raghavan, bass; Justin Brown, drums.

Friday, January 22nd

only rock ‘n’ roll

More of Tenement.

Live, Madison, Wis., 1/15/16


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lagniappe

my back pages

On a cold, snowy night thirty-nine years ago, at a church outside Chicago, tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (MCOTD Hall of Fame) and pianist John Young performed at a wedding ceremony. Both are now gone. All of what they played that night – “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More” (before); “In a Sentimental Mood” (unaccompanied saxophone, as the bride walked down the aisle); “My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father” (after) – may be heard here (0:15-).

Tuesday, January 19th

sounds of Chicago, and Germany, and Norway – in Japan

Peter Brotzmann (Germany, alto saxophone), Fred Lonberg-Holm (Chicago, cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway, drums), live, Japan (Chiba), 2011

Saturday, January 16th

generous-souled

Salim Washington/Darius Jones Quintet (SW, tenor saxophone; DJ, alto saxophone; Yayoi Ikawa, piano; Mark Helias, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums), live, New York, 2012

Friday, January 15th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Tenement, “Rock Eating People,” live, Milwaukee, 2014

Thursday, January 14th

sounds of Chicago

Still fresh after seventy years.

John Cage (1912-1992), Credo in Us (1942)
Third Coast Percussion, live, Chicago, 2011

Wednesday, January 13th

sounds of New York

More from the drummer on the new David Bowie album.

Mark Guiliana Beat Music (MG, drums; Stu Brooks, bass; Yuki Hirano, keyboards; with guests Steve Wall [tape recorder], Jeff Taylor [vocals]), live, New York, 2014

 

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lagniappe

reading table

Unknown –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #778 (Franklin), last line

Monday, January 11th

passings

Friday: “what’s new.”

Saturday: the guys who back him on his new album.

Today: “passings.”

David Bowie, singer, songwriter, January 8, 1947-January 10, 2016

“Blackstar,” 2015