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Wednesday, September 28th

sounds of Japan

Ko Ishikawa (sho), Kohsetsu Imanishi (koto), Peter Evans (trumpet), live, Yugawara, Japan, 2018

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Chicago

Tuesday, September 27th

sounds of Niger (and all over)

Mdou Moctar, “Chismiten,” live, Port Townsend, Washington, 8/26/22

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, September 26th

passings

Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophonist, October 13, 1940–September 23, 2022

“Kazuko” (P. Sanders) with Paul Arslanian (harmonium), live, California (Marin Headland), 1982

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“You’ve Got To Have Freedom” (P. Sanders)

Take 1: Live (with William Henderson, piano; James Leary, bass; Kharon Harrison, drums), Los Angeles, 2011

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Take 2: Live (with John Hicks, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums), Los Angeles, 1981

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“The Creator Has a Master Plan” (P. Sanders, L. Thomas) with Leon Thomas (vocals), et al., 1969

Saturday, September 24th

sounds of Buenos Aires

Juana Molina, live (performance begins at 5:15), Buenos Aires (Argentina), 9/23/22

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random sights

other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Thursday, September 22nd

like nothing else

Moor Mother (aka Camae Ayewa), “Woody Shaw” (feat. Melanie Charles), published 6/8/22

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inspiration

Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, composition), “Stepping Stone,” live, Italy, 1979

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art beat: a while ago, Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Grand Bouquet of Flowers (c. 1892-95), detail

Wednesday, September 21st

sounds of New York

Heart Trio (William Parker [1952-], kora; Cooper-Moore [1946-], homemade instruments; Hamid Drake [1955-, MCOTD Hall of Fame], percussion), live, New York, 6/22/22

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, September 19th

sounds of New York

Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 9/16/22

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art beat: more

William Klein (1926-2022), Dance in Brooklyn, 1955

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Saturday, September 17th

more

Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB [1983-2022, trumpet, voice, percussion, composition] with Lester St. Louis [cello, voice, percussion], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums, mbira, voice]), “Prayer for Amerikka,” live, New York, 2021

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art beat: more

William Klein (1926-2022), 3 Kids + Harmonica, New York, 1955

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Friday, September 16th

sounds of Benin (and all over)

Angélique Kidjo (1960-), live (studio), Washington, D.C., published 9/12/22

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lagniappe

random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Tuesday, September 13th

alone

Lukas Ligeti (1965-), “Thinking Songs” (2015), Mvt. III (Four-Part Invention); Caitlin Jones (marimba), 2021

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passings

William Klein, photographer, filmmaker, April 19, 1926–September 10, 2022

Dance in Brooklyn, New York, 1955

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