Tuesday, June 27th
alone
Ran Blake (1935-, piano), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (H. Arlen, Y. Harburg), live, yesterday
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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2023
Saturday, June 24th
passings
Peter Brötzmann, saxophonist, clarinetist, March 6, 1941–June 22, 2013
With his quartet (PB [reeds], Alexander Von Schlippenbach [piano], Peter Kowald [bass], Paul Lovens [drums]), live, Poland (Warsaw), 1974
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With Last Exit (PB [reeds], Sonny Sharrock [guitar], Bill Laswell [6-string bass], Ronald Shannon Jackson [drums, voice]), live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1994
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With Chicago Tentet (PB [saxophones], Ken Vandermark [saxophones], Joe McPhee [saxophones], Roland Ramanan [trumpet], Toshinori Kondo [trumpet], Jeb Bishop [trombone], Fred Longberg-Holm [cello], Kent Kessler [bass], Michael Zerang [drums], Paal Nilssen-Love [drums]), live, France (Le Mans), 2004
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other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
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Friday, June 23rd
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “ASR ,” published 6/20/23
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yesterday, Chicago
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Wednesday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Sun Ra, “I Am Strange,” early 1950s
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Thursday, June 15th
sounds of New York
Michael Attias (alto saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York (Main Drag, Brooklyn), 3/29/23
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yesterday, Chicago
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Thursday, June 8th
sounds of Chicago
Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Wednesday, May 31st
sounds of England
Sleaford Mods, “Out There,” 2021
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Little Simz, “Speed,” 2021
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Friday, May 26th
like nothing else
Lionel Marchetti (1967-), Inland Lake (le lac intérieur), 2019; Decibel (new-music ensemble founded in Western Australia in 2009), film by Karl Ockelford, published 5/23/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Monday, May 22nd
basement jukebox
Meters, “Cissy Strut” (A. Neville, Z. Modeliste, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter), 1969
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other day, Chicago
2023
Saturday, May 20th
sounds of Chicago
Mark Feldman (violin), Dave Rempis (saxophones), Tim Daisy (drums), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/11/23
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art beat: this morning, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through Sept. 4th)
Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, Factories at Clichy (1887), detail
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