Sunday, January 13th
sounds of St. Louis
O’Neal Twins, “Jesus Dropped the Charges,” live
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2019
Sunday, January 6th
back to church
“Heavenly Home (Got to Take a Journey),” live, Langrun Branch Baptist Church, York, S.C.
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2018
Sunday, December 30th
back to church
“Good Time in Zion,” live, Center Baptist Church, Gastonia, N.C., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, December 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Pastor DeAndre Patterson, “To God Be the Glory,” live (Rev. Clay Evans’ 92nd birthday celebration, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church), Chicago, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Sunday, December 9th
can’t wait
Amazing Grace (Sydney Pollack, director; filmed, 1972; scheduled theatrical release, 2019), trailer
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lagniappe
reading table
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Letter to Cousins Louisa (aka Louise) and Frances Norcross, 1876
2018
Tuesday, December 4th
timeless
This guy, whom I worked with in the 1970s, co-producing this track and a few others for Alligator Records (Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1), just turned ninety. One of my sons, now older than I was then, heard him the other night at a Chicago club, where, he said, his guitar playing was “robust.” How wonderful to be ninety years old and robust. How wonderful, too, to be able to share music with a son.
“Breaking up Somebody’s Home” (T. Matthews, A. Jackson), 1978
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Here he is forty years later.
“People Get Ready” (C. Mayfield), “That’s All Right,” Chicago, 2018
2018
Sunday, December 2nd
timeless
Pilgrim Travelers, “I’ve Got a Mother Gone Home,” 1951
2018
Sunday, November 25th
back to church
Together As One Hymn Choir, “I Feel Good,” live, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rock Hill, S.C., 2002
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lagniappe
reading table
The lonesome for they know not What –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 326 (Franklin)
2018
Sunday, November 18th
three takes
“God Has Smiled on Me”
Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), live, Oh Happy Day, 2004
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Lester Bowie (1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame), with Amina Claudine Myers (piano, vocals), Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone), Malachi Favors (bass), Phillip Wilson (drums), 1978
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Don Pullen (piano), George Adams (tenor saxophone), live, Italy (Perugia), 1984
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lagniappe
reading table
mountain temple—
deep under snow
a bell—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Sunday, November 11th
timeless
Five Soul Stirrers (feat. R. H. Harris), “Walk Around” (R. H. Harris), 1939
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009, MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
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