Thursday, May 10th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Hamid Drake (drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame), David Murray (tenor saxophone), live, 2017
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2018
Sunday, May 6th
God has given me a ministry. It’s about reaching as many souls as I can through techno, speaking God’s truth and his gospel to as many ears as I can, taking the message to the street.
—Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), New Yorker, 5/7/18
Live, Paris, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Prairie Path, Bellwood)
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2018
Saturday, May 5th
There are all kinds of gospel.
“I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” (S. O’Connor), Bettye LaVette, live, New York, 2012
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Here’s the original recording.
Sinead O’Connor, 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Good night, because we must!
How intricate the Dust!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 97 (Franklin; excerpt)
2018
Friday, May 4th
another take
John Prine (with Sturgill Simpson, Brandi Carlisle), “Summer’s End” (J. Prine), live (TV show), 4/12/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, April 30th
passings
Charles Neville, saxophonist, December 28, 1938-April 26, 2018
Neville Brothers, “Yellow Moon,” live, New Orleans, 1991
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More?
Here’s the whole set.
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, April 27th
voices I miss
Prince, “Nothing Compares 2 U” (P. Nelson), published 4/19/18 (recorded 1984)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, April 26th
How many bands have not one but two MacArthur-certified “geniuses”?
Vijay Iyer Sextet (Vijay Iyer, keyboards, compositions [2013 MacArthur Fellow]; Tyshawn Sorey, drums [2017 MacArthur Fellow]; Stephan Crump, bass; Steve Lehman, alto saxophone; Graham Haynes, cornet and flugelhorn; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone), live, Ojai, Calif., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, April 25th
passings
Bob Dorough, singer, songwriter, piano player, December 12, 1923-April 23, 2018
“Devil May Care” (B. Dorough, T. Kirk), live (studio), New York, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, April 30th
two takes
“Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right” (W. Johnson)
Ry Cooder, live (studio), 4/18/18 (published)
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Blind Willie Johnson (with Willie B. Harris), 4/20/1930 (recorded)
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, April 18th
what’s new
Four Tet (aka Kieren Hebden), live, New York, 3/23/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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