what’s new
Moor Mother, “Jazz Codes” Film (with excerpts from the newly released album), published 7/1/22
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reading table
My religion makes no sense
and does not help me
Therefore I pursue it—Anne Carson (1950-), from “My Religion”
sounds of London
Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings, tenor saxophone; Theon Cross, tuba; Tom Skinner, drums; Eddie Hick, drums), live (“Pick Up Your Burning Cross,” “Think of Home,” “In Remembrance of Those Fallen,” “Throughout the Madness, Stay Strong”), London, 2022
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Detroit
Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), “Never Grow Old” (Re-Plant), 2014
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He walked in awe
In awe of light
At nightfall, not at dawn
Whatever he saw
Receding from sight
In the sky’s afterglow
Was what he wanted
To see, to know—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Enlightenment”
like nothing else
Henry Threadgill’s Society Situation Dance Band (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, compositions, direction; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Abdul Wadud, cello; Brandon Ross, guitar; Pheeroan akLaff, drums, et al.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1988
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Miles Davis (1926-1991, trumpet), Gary Bartz (1940-, saxophones), Chick Corea (1941-2021, keyboards), Keith Jarrett (1945-, keyboards), Dave Holland (1946-, bass), Jack DeJohnette (1942-, drums), Airto Moreira (1941-, percussion), live, England (Isle of Wight Festival), 1970
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
alone
Sun Ra (1914-1993, piano), live (performance begins at 5:00), Venice (Italy), 1978
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton (1945-, reeds, composition) with Dan Peck (tuba), Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Tomeka Reid (cello), Jacqui Kerrod (harp), Shelly Burgon (harp), Adam Matlock (accordion, aerophones), “Composition No. 409,” live, New Haven (Connecticut), 2017
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of all over
Nicola Cruz (DJ), live, San Francisco, 2021
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sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago (Constellation), 6/2/22
1st Set (3:30-): ZRL (Zachary Good, clarinet; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Lia Kohl, cello)
2nd Set (1:11:50-): RedGreenBlue (Paul Giallorenzo, keyboards, electronics; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Charlie Kirchen, bass; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet)
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sounds of all over
“Oye Como Va” (T. Puente), featuring Carlos Santana (guitar), Cindy Blackman Santana (drums), et. al., published 5/27/2022
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
