Friday, August 25th
what’s new
Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2023
Thursday, August 24th
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2023
Monday, August 14th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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yesterday, Chicago
2023
Saturday, August 12th
serendipity
Bumped into this last night, happily.
Taraf De Haidouks, playing Balkan gypsy folk music, 2012
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2023
Tuesday, August 8th
passings
Tristan Honsinger, cellist, etc., October 23, 1949–August 5, 2023
With Schuichi Chino (piano), live, Italy (Trieste), 4/7/23
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With Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, 2021
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With Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet), Herb Robertson (trumpet, etc.), Kresten Osgood (drums, etc.), live, Copenhagen, 2018
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With Cecil Taylor Quintet (CT, piano; Harri Sjostrom, soprano saxophone; TH, cello; Thurman Barker, marimba, percussion; Paul Lovens, drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Monday, August 7th
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “Georgia Ave” (M. Ndegeocello), live (studio), published 7/24/23
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random sights
last night, Chicago
2023
Saturday, August 5th
sounds of Chicago
Edward Wilkerson (1953-, tenor saxophone, clarinet, didgeridoo) and Joe Morris (1955-, guitar), live, Chicago (Experimental Sound Studio garden), 7/23/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, July 29th
sounds of São Paulo
Laurent Garnier (French DJ), live (Na Manteiga Radio), São Paulo, 2021
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Tuesday, July 25th
sounds of Chicago
Damon Locks’ Black Monument Ensemble (DL, vocals, electronics; Dana Hall, drums; Arif Smith, percussion; Angel Bat Dawid, clarinet, vocals; Ben Lamar Gay, cornet; Monique Golding, vocals; Tremaine Parker, vocals; Erica Rene, vocals), “The Body Is Electric” (D. Locks), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2021
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other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2023
Saturday, July 22nd
passings
Tony Bennett, singer, August 3, 1926–July 21, 2023
With Bill Evans (1929–1980, piano), “Lucky to Be Me,” “My Foolish Heart,” “When in Rome,” “We’ll Catch up Some Other Time,” “A Child Is Born,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Together Again,” 1976
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
