Wednesday, May 17th
what’s new
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Anthony Pirog (guitar), Jarrett Gilgore (alto saxophone), Janel Leppin (cello), live, Washington, D.C., 5/1/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2023
Wednesday, May 3rd
alone
George Dumitriu (viola), “Crepuscule with Nellie” (Thelonious Monk, 1917-1982), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), published 1/31/23
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other day, Chicago
2023
Wednesday, April 26th
voices I miss
C’est Trois (Jaimie Branch [6/17/83–8/22/22], trumpet, keyboards; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums), live, New York, 6/23/22
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yesterday, Chicago
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Thursday, April 20th
this week in Chicago
They’re playing through Sunday at the Jazz Showcase.
Miguel Zenón (1976-, alto saxophone, composition) with Luis Perdomo (piano), Hans Glawischnig (bass), Henry Cole, (drums), “Taínos y Caribes” (M. Zenón), live (studio), 2022
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Thursday, April 13th
How about something quiet, delicate, beautiful?
Jürg Frey (1953-), Extended Circular Music No. 8 (2014): Klaus Lang (organ); Ranjevš & Óbasz (Jakub Švejnar, percussion; Štefan Szabó, electric guitar); Prague Quiet Music Collective (Anna Paulová, clarinet, bass clarinet; Milan Jakeš, violin; Luan Gonçalves, bass; Ian Mikyska, string and wind instruments), live, Prague, 2022
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Monday, April 10th
sounds of Johannesburg
Kebra Ethiopia Sound System, live, Johannesburg (South Africa), 4/6/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Saturday, April 8th
sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar, keyboards, electronics, compositions) with Diego López de Arcaute (drums, percussion), live, Buenos Aires (CCK [Centro Cultural Kirchner]), 2022
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Monday, April 3rd
sound . . . by . . . sound . . . by . . .
AMM (Eddie Prévost, percussion; Keith Rowe, electric guitar, electronics; John Tilbury, piano), live, Berlin, 2019
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reading table
The old pond—
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
2023
Saturday, April 1st
like nobody else
Lonnie Holley (1950-), “I Am a Part of the Wonder” (L. Holley, et al.), feat. Moor Mother, 2023
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Thursday, March 30th
sounds of New York
Being and Becoming (Peter Evans, trumpet, compositions; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Michael Ode, drums), live, New York (Roulette), 3/16/23
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