Where would we be without the tenor saxophone?
David S. Ware Quartet (DSW [1949-2012], tenor saxophone; Matthew Shipp, piano; William Parker, bass; Guillermo Brown, drums), live
Nothing hits harder than vulnerability.
Frazey Ford, “You’re Not Free,” “September Fields,” “Three Golden Trees,” “Done,” live (studio performance), Seattle, 2014
One-word review: Wow!
Nicole Mitchell’s Sonic Projections (NM, flute; David Boykin, tenor saxophone; Craig Taborn, piano; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2014
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art beat: Sunday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), An Icy Night, New York, 1898 (Alfred Stieglitz and the 19th Century, through 3/27/16)
Need a jolt?
Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board) and Many Arms (Nick Millevoi, guitar; John DeBlase, bass; Ricardo Lagomasino, drums), live, Philadelphia, 2013
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
voices I miss
Albert Collins (1932-1993), “If Trouble Was Money,” live, 1990
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
More Wadada.
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) with Brandon Ross (guitar), Lamar Smith (guitar), Bill Laswell (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), live, New York, 2015
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Ches Smith (percussion, electronics), live, Italy (Catania), 2015
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random sights
yesterday, outside Lincoln, Nebr.
only rock ‘n’ roll
Courtney Barnett, live, Chicago, 2015
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art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Unidentified artist (active in Cuzco, Peru), Our Lady of Bethlehem with a Male Donor, 18th Century
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be playing at Elastic Arts.
Nate Wooley (trumpet), Paul Lytton (percussion), live, Austria (Wels)
2012
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