passings
Johnny Winter, guitar player, February 23, 1944-July 16, 2014
“Highway 61 Revisited” (B. Dylan)
Live, Denmark (Roskilde), 1984
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Recording (Second Winter), 1969
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lagniappe
art beat: last night at the Art Institute of Chicago
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Nationality Doubtful, through September 14th
*****
the beat goes on
1,700 posts—and counting.
tonight in Chicago
This guy will be playing at the Hideout.
Daniel Levin, cello
With JP Carletti (drums), live, New Haven, Conn., 2013
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With his trio, live, Jersey City, N.J., 2008
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Solo, live, New York, 2009
passings
Tommy Ramone (AKA Thomas Erdelyi), drummer, producer
January 29, 1949-July 11, 2014
Ramones, live, London, 1977*
*****
*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
1. Blitzkrieg Bop
2. I Want to Be Well
3. Glad to See You Go
4. You’re Gonna Kill That Girl
5. Commando
6. Havana Affair
7. Cretin Hop
8. Listen to My Heart
9. I Don’t Wanna Walk Around with You
10. Pinhead
11. Do You Wanna Dance
12. Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy
13. Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue
14. We’re a Happy Family
passings
Charlie Haden, bassist, composer, bandleader, August 6, 1937-July 11, 2014
Old and New Dreams (Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums; Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet), “Happy House” (O. Coleman), live, Norway (Molde Jazz Festival), 1979
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lagniappe
radio
Thank God, once again, for college radio. Beginning tomorrow at 2 p.m. (EST), WKCR (Columbia University) will air a memorial broadcast. Two hours? Three? Nope. They’ll be playing Haden’s music, continuously, until 9 p.m.—Monday.
only rock ’n’ roll
Bob Dylan (with Justin Poskin, guitar; Tony Marsico, bass; Chalo Quintana, drums), live (Late Night with David Letterman), 1984
“Don’t Start Me Talkin'” (S. Williamson II, AKA Alex [or Aleck] “Rice” Miller)
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“License To Kill” (B. Dylan)
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“Jokerman” (B. Dylan)
sounds of Chicago
Fenton Robinson (1935-1997), “Somebody Loan Me a Dime” (F. Robinson)
Live (The Devil’s Music [BBC], 1979)
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Recording (1967)
2ⁿ
Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) & Tomas Fujiwara (drums), live, New York 2014
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, c. 1940
voices I miss
Drums, too, can breathe.
Mal Waldron Quintet (MW, piano; Charles Rouse, saxophone, flute; Woody Shaw, trumpet, flugelhorn; Reggie Workman, bass; Ed Blackwell [1929-1992], drums), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1985
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, 1980
testify
Mighty Gospel Clouds, “Thank You Jesus,” live, Mississippi (Arkabutla), 1978
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lagniappe
random thoughts
What in this world is more natural than dying?
Happy 4th of July!
This country has gotten many things wrong—music it got right.
The Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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