Sunday, June 12th
timeless
The Harmonizing Four, “We’re Crossing Over,” live, Germany, 1966
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2022
Sunday, June 5th
back to church
Mt. DoWell Baptist Church Hymn Choir (McConnells, South Carolina), “I Got a Right to the Tree of Life,” live, 2009
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, May 29th
back to church
White Hill Hymn Choir, “Ezekiel Prophesize,” live, Mt. DoWell Baptist Church, McConnells, South Carolina, 1987
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lagniappe
reading table
Not once did I think
I’d throw these fresh spring blossoms
into this dense smoke
and stand back to watch it rise
and vanish into the sky—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2022
Sunday, May 22nd
testify!
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018, voice, piano), “Rock of Ages” (A. Toplady), live, Detroit (New Bethel Baptist Church), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, May 15th
sounds of Chicago
Dixie Hummingbirds (feat. James Walker), “The Little Wooden Church,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
2022
Sunday, May 8th
another take
Stevie Wonder, “I Won’t Complain,” live (Luther Vandross’s funeral), New York (The Riverside Church), 2005
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Nebraska (Lincoln)
2022
Sunday, May 1st
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “I Won’t Complain,” live, Kansas City, Mo. (58th Women’s International Convention, Church of God in Christ), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
The Locust Tree in Flower (second version)
by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)Among
of
greenstiff
old
brightbroken
branch
comewhite
sweet
Mayagain
2022
Sunday, April 24th
timeless
Clara Ward Singers (feat. Vermettya Royster), “Travelin’ Shoes,” live, France (Antibes), 1962
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, April 17th
sounds of New Orleans
Doreen Ketchens (clarinet, voice), et al., “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (trad.), live, New Orleans, 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, April 10th
sounds of Chicago
Chicago Community Choir (with Rev. Milton Brunson [1929-1997, direction, vocals], Jessy Dixon [1938-2011, vocals, piano], et al.), “I’ll Tell It,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1966
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lagniappe
reading table
Music avoids impossibility.
—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “Anew” (section 2)
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