sounds of Chicago
Pilgrim Jubilees, “You’ve Got to Wait,” live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), 1966
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Bank of the Seine (1887), detail
timeless
TV Gospel Time (c. 1962): Caravans (feat. Albertina Walker, Shirley Caesar, et al.), Paul Foster (Soul Stirrers), et al.
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
another take
“Wade in the Water” (trad.), Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), 1960s-70s
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Won’t It Be Wonderful,” live, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
timeless
Golden Gate Quartet, “God Told Nicodemus,” 1941
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
sounds of Chicago
“Wade in the Water” (trad.), Salem Travelers, James Herndon Singers, Voices of Triumph, live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1969
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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
testify!
Etta James (1938-2012) with Allen Toussaint (1938-2015, piano) and Dr. John (1941-2019, piano), “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show: Soundstage), Chicago, 1982
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Violinaires, “I’ll Go With Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972), “Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down,” live, Mississippi (Como), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Shirley Caesar, 1938-), “My All to the Lord,” 1960
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
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reading table
There are things
We live among ‘and to see them
Is to know ourselves’.
—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “Of Being Numerous”
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