serendipity
Bumped into this last night, happily.
Cor Fuhler (piano), Oren Marshall (tuba), Mats Gustafsson (tenor saxophone), Michael Vatcher (drums), live, Amsterdam, 2010
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
Looking for something fresh?
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone, composition), Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), “Grammy Season,” published 3/31/23
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Western Sahara
Group Doueh, live, New Jersey (Jersey City), 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano), Charlie Haden (1937-2014, bass), Paul Motian (1931-2011, drums), “Lonely Woman” (Ornette Coleman), 1988
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reading table
passing through one day—
they let me listen
to their phonograph—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson
sounds of New York
Being & Becoming (Peter Evans [trumpets, compositions], Joel Ross [vibraphone, electronics], Nick Jozwiak [bass, electronics], Michael Ode [drums]), “Malibu,” live, New York, 9/10/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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radio
Today, in celebration of the birthday of Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti (1938-1997), it’s all Fela all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
Happy Birthday, Thelonious!
Thelonious Monk (10/10/1917–2/17/1982, piano, compositions) with Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Butch Warren (b), Frankie Dunlop (drums), live (TV show: “Evidence,” “Blue Monk,” Just a Gigolo” [L. Casucci, J. Brammer, I. Caesar], “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues,” “Epistrophy”), Tokyo, 1963
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other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
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radio
Today it’s all Monk all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
what’s new
Meshell Ngdegeocello, “The Atlantiques” (with Jeff Parker [guitar], Josh Johnson [saxophone], et al.), published 10/3/23
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yesterday, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
sounds of Chicago
Russ Johnson Quartet (RJ, trumpet, compositions; Mark Feldman, violin; Ethan Philion, bass; Tim Daisy, percussion), live (1st set: 1:42-; 2nd set: 2:28-), Chicago, 9/30/23
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last night, Chicago
alone
Milford Graves (1941-2021), live, North Carolina (Raleigh), 2019
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Dave Rempis (saxophones), Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone), Joshua Abrams (bass), Taylor Damon (drums), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 8/31/23
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lagniappe
reading table
this body
still alive
scratching it—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson
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