timeless
Shirley Scott (1934-2002, organ) with Harold Vick (1936-1987, tenor saxophone), Billy Higgins (1936-2001, drums), Jimmy Hopps (1939-, cowbell), “Keep On Movin’ On” (H. Vick), rec. 1974 (One for Me [Strata-East], 1975)
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reading table
Drooping
in this upside-down world,
a bamboo in the snow.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Tom Lowenstein
sounds of New York
James Francies (keyboards) with Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone), Tyshawn Sorey (drums), “My Favorite Things” (R. Rodgers), live, New York, 6/23/23
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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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sounds of New York
Adam Rudolph (percussion), Tyshawn Sorey (percussion), live, New York, 2021
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timeless
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone: Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), “Bolivar Blues” (T. Monk), live, Japan, 1963, excerpt
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sounds of Amsterdam
Dave Douglas Quintet (Dave Douglas, trumpet, compositions; Jon Irabagon, tenor saxophone; Marta Warelis piano; Nick Dunston, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Amsterdam, 1/19/23
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voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, tenor saxophone) with Mike Allemana (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), Michael Raynor (drums), “Blame It on My Youth” (O. Levant, E. Heyman), live, Chicago (Apartment Lounge), 2010
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what’s new
John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet (JZ [1953-], alto saxophone, compositions; Julian Lage, guitar; Jorge Roeder, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums), live, Netherlands (Hertogenbosch), 11/3/23
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what’s new
Bill Frisell Trio (BF, guitar; Thomas Morgan, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Germany (Leverkusener), 11/9/23
https://www.youtube.com/live/SEfgRFzbgjU?si=h0h20RXMwj5AAvs6
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only rock ‘n’ roll
Unwound, live, Olympia, Wash., 1994
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