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Category: gospel

Sunday, July 24th

timeless

This album I’ve been listening to for nearly fifty years, never tiring of it.

Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), The Gospel Saxophone of Vernard Johnson,* 1974

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lagniappe

random sights

other morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

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1. “I’ve Decided To Make Jesus My Choice”
2. “Jesus Will Bring Things Out Alright ”
3. “Hung up for My Hang Ups”
4. “God Will Take Care of You”
5. “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last”
6. “It’s Real”
7. “I’ll Make It Alright”
8. “Precious Lord”
9. “This Way to Jesus”
10. “Oh Happy Day”

Sunday, July 17th

back to church

“Go Preach My Gospel,” live, Rock Hill, South Carolina (Ebenezer Baptist Church), 2002

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

Sunday, June 10th

Aretha testifies!

Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), “Climbing Higher Mountains” (with Rev. James Cleveland [1931-1991, piano, vocals]; Southern California Community Choir), live, Los Angeles (New Temple Missionary Baptist Church), 1972

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)

Wednesday, July 6th

sounds of Detroit

Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), “Never Grow Old” (Re-Plant), 2014

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lagniappe

reading table

He walked in awe
In awe of light
At nightfall, not at dawn
Whatever he saw
Receding from sight
In the sky’s afterglow
Was what he wanted
To see, to know

—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Enlightenment”

Sunday, June 12th

timeless

The Harmonizing Four, “We’re Crossing Over,” live, Germany, 1966

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lagniappe

random sights

yesterday, Chicago

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.

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

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.

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)

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)