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Thursday, August 27th

tonight in Chicago

These folks will be at Constellation.

Tomeka Reid (cello) with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jason Roebke (bass), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Glass Light,” live, Chicago, 2014

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And these guys will be Elastic.

Dave Rempis (saxophone), Joshua Abrams (bass), Avreeayl Ra (drums), live, Chicago, 2013

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radio

Celebrating the birthdays of saxophonists Lester Young (August 27, 1909) and Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920), WKCR-FM (Columbia University) is featuring their music all day today (Young), all day tomorrow (Young and Parker), all day Saturday (Parker), and into Sunday morning (Parker).

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Saturday, August 22nd

sounds of Iceland

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aura
NorthArc Percussion Group, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2012

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reading table

Even the crow
has a grove
to grow old in

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue

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Friday, August 21st

like nobody else

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977), live, Paris, 1970

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art beat: yesterday at the Chicago Cultural Center

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist (through 8/31)

Black Belt, 1934

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Thursday, August 20th

sounds of summer

Paul McCartney with Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), “Get Back,” live, Chicago (Lollapalooza), 7/31/15

Fifty years ago today the Beatles played Chicago’s Comiskey Park. I was there, with my brother Don. It was a show kids could go to: ticket prices ranged from $5.50 to $2.50.

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2015

Monday, August 17th

another take

These guys I could listen to all day.

Steve Lacy Quartet (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Bobby Few, piano; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Revenue,” live, 1995

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Escape is such a thankful Word

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1364 (Franklin)

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2015

Sunday, August 16th

old school

Who needs a microphone?

Jessie Mae Renfro, “I Must Tell Jesus,” 1953

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago

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2015

Saturday, August 15th

How about a trip to Paris?

Steve Lacy Trio (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Epistrophy” (T. Monk), “Revenue,” live, Paris (Sunset Jazz Club), 1993

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A gentleman of the better type is, in our opinion, only he who entertains a fair number of vain and foolish ideas about himself, and who above all imagines that his nose is better than any other good and sensible human nose whatsoever.

—Robert Walser (1878-1956), “The Walk” (translated from German by Christopher Middleton)

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Friday, August 14th

only rock ‘n’ roll

PJ Harvey, live, Chicago (Metro), 1993

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random sights

yesterday
Oak Park, Illinois

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random thoughts

Economists view the world through a lens of supply and demand. But you don’t need to be an economist to see that each day is more precious than the last.