Monday, September 5th
alone
Camila Nebbia (tenor saxophone), live, Cal Rosal, Spain, 2021
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2022
Saturday, September 3rd
timeless
John Cage (1912-1992), Third Construction (1941); McGill Percussion Ensemble, live, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Friday, September 2nd
what’s new
Fantastic Negrito (aka Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz), “Virginia Soil” (X. Dphrepaulezz), live (studio), published 8/26/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
*****
reading table
My Teacher once said to me,
—become one with the knot itself
til it dissolves away.—Gary Snyder (1930-), from “Four Changes” (Collected Poems, 2022)
2022
Thursday, September 1st
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, Jerry Heil, Monica Liu, “Dai Boh,” published 8/26/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2022
Wednesday, August 31st
this week in Chicago
He will be playing, Saturday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Miguel Zenón (1976-, alto saxophone, composition), “Navegando (Las Estrellas Nos Guían)” (feat. Los Pleneros De La Cresta), live (studio), published 8/26/22
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2022
Tuesday, August 30th
more
Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet) with Ben LaMar Gay (cornet) and Josh Berman (cornet), live, Chicago (Experimental Sound Studio), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2022
Monday, August 29th
this week in Chicago
They will be playing, Thursday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame [flute, alto saxophone, compositions]), Liberty Ellman [guitar], Jose Davila [tuba, trombone], Christopher Hoffman [cello], Elliot Humberto Kavee [drums]), live, Washington, D.C., 2013
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Henry Threadgill, interview, 2021
2022
Saturday, August 27th
passings
Jaimie Branch, trumpeter, composer, singer, bandleader, June 17, 1983–August 22, 2022
Live (with Lester St. Louis [cello], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums]), Zurich, Switzerland, 2020
#1
*****
#2
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Wednesday, August 24
string festival
day three
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, composition, direction) and Uprising Orchestra (Lester St. Louis [cello], Ken Filiano [bass], Andrew Drury [drums], et al.), “Myths of Origin,” live, New York, 10/10/21
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Woods, Aix-en-Provence (1887-1890), detail (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
2022
Tuesday, August 23rd
string festival
day two
Tomeka Reid Ensemble (TR, 1977- [cello, composition], Fred Lonberg-Holm [cello], Mazz Swift [violin], Jason Hwang [viola], et al.), “Tokens,” live, Chicago (Hyde Park Jazz Festival), 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
