three takes
“The Storm Is Passing Over” (C. Tindley, D. Vails)
Gospel Challengers, live (TV show), 1960s
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Detroit Mass Choir, live, Detroit, 2001
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DeLois Barrett Campbell and The Barrett Sisters, 1982 (Say Amen, Somebody)
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random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of New York
Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), “Death Don’t Have No Mercy,” live
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
*****
reading table
Clear skies ring with the honk of wild geese
On deserted hills, leaves whirl in the wind
Twilight on a smoky village road
Carrying an empty begging bowl and walking home alone—Ryōkan (1758-1831), translated from classical Chinese by Ryūichi Abé and Peter Haskel
back to church
“What I Am,” Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Chester, S.C., 2003
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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streaming
From jazz pianist Fred Hersch:
Mini Concert Every Day
I hope everybody is safe and healthy and will remain that way. This is an unprecedented challenge to everyone on the planet and we all need resilience and resourcefulness going forward.
Starting this Sunday, every day at 1pm EST
I will do a live mini concert of piano music from my home.You can see and hear the concert here:
https://www.facebook.com/fredherschmusic
Wishing you all strength and much love,
Fred
timeless
Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham, Alabama, “I’m Bound for Canaan Land,” recorded in Chicago, 1947
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Where did my life come from?
Where will it go?—Ryōkan (1758-1831), from an untitled poem (translated from classical Chinese by Ryūichi Abé and Peter Haskel)
testify!
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone, vocals), live, Fort Worth, Tx.
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill
back to church
Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “That Morning Train,” live, McConnells, S.C., 2006
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
basement jukebox
The Mellotones, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” (J.B. Scaife), 1963
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random sights
yesterday morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Two dangers never cease threatening the world: order and disorder.
—Paul Valéry (1871-1945), Analects (quoted in Lyn Hejinian, “The Rejection of Closure”)
alone
Cory Henry (1987-, organ), “He Has Made Me Glad,” live
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
back to church
“I Have Crossed That Separating Line,” Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Chester, S.C., 2001
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
I shall keep singing!
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 270 (Franklin)
back to church
J. (“Pop”) Isom and Union Baptist Church Hymn Choir (Newport, South Carolina), “When I’m Gone,” live, Center Baptist Church, South Carolina
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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