can’t wait (premieres February 20th)
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My first date with my wife (of 49 years), Suzanne, was to hear the Sun Ra Arkestra at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase (then on North Lincoln).
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voices I miss
Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023; with Sly and Robbie), “Marcus Garvey” (S. O’Connor), live, Cleveland, 2005
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One-word review: Wow!
DKV Trio (Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], drums; Kent Kessler, bass; Ken Vandermark, reeds), live, Chicago, 12/26/25
First Set
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On a cold, snowy night forty-nine years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More”); during (Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” [unaccompanied saxophone], as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after (“My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”). All of what they played that night can be heard here (0:14-).
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what’s new
Khruangbin, live, Seattle, published 1/20/26 (rec. 11/19/25)
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timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Norway (University of Oslo), 12/10/64
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John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Thomas Kotcheff (piano), Bryan Curt Costors (electronics), published 1/15/26
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alone
Chris Corsano (drums, etc.), live, Netherlands (The Hague), 2022
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Reiko Füting, “passage: time (copy)”; Miranda Cuckson (violin), 2025
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sounds of Croatia
Roj Osa featuring Rob Mazurek (cornet, voice, etc.), live, Croatia (Zagreb [Vintage Industrial Bar]), 2024
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