Friday, January 14th
Feel like losing yourself in a new sound-world?
Nina Kraviz (DJ), live, Austin, Tx., 2021
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2022
Wednesday, January 12th
sounds of Veracruz
Silvana Estrada, live, Veracruz (Mexico), published 9/27/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2022
Tuesday, January 11th
alone
William Parker (1952-, bass), “Black Reflection & Meditation,” published yesterday
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, January 10th
alone
This I could listen to all day.
Tony Allen (1940-2020, drums), live (studio), London, 2019
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, January 8th
sounds of Chicago
Tortoise, live, Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago), 2019
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, January 7th
what’s new
Esperanza Spalding (voice, bass, compositions), live, published today
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, January 4th
I can almost feel the beer spilling on my shoulder as the waitress gets bumped.
Mat Maneri Trio (MM, viola; Randy Peterson, drums; Ed Schuller, bass), live, Cambridge, Mass., 1997
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, January 3rd
alone
György Kurtág (1926-), from Signs, Games and Messages; Ensemble Musikfabrik (Hannah Weirich, violin), live, Cologne (Germany), 2020
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Another year gone—
hat in my hand,
sandals on my feet.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass
2021
Friday, December 31st
what’s new
Arooj Aftab (vocals) with Darian Donovan Thomas (violin), Shahzad Ismaily (bass, synthesizer), Gyan Riley (guitar), Maeve Gilchrist (harp), live (“Suroor,” “Mohabbat,” “Saans Lo”), New York (Brooklyn), published 12/8/21
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random sights
last night, Chicago
2021
Wednesday, December 29th
sounds of New York (and all over)
Jazz Libre, live, New York, 11/12/21
1st set: Willy Rodriguez’s Exploraciones Ponceñas’ (Willy Rodriguez, drums; Dezron Douglas, bass; Santiago Leibson, piano;Yoni Kretzmer, tenor saxophone)
2nd set: William Parker’s Southern Satellites (WP, bass; Francisco Mela, drum set; Isaiah Barr, tenor saxophone; Dario Gomez, voice, percussion; Oscar Pena, tambora; Isaiah Parker, piano)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
