Wednesday, July 15th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Chris Corsano (drums), live, New York, 2014
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other day, Chicago
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2020
Tuesday, July 14th
what’s new
How often does a drummer get equal billing?
Tom Misch (vocals, guitar) and Yussef Dayes (drums), “Night Rider,” “Tidal Wave,” published 7/13/20
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random sights
this morning, Chicago
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Rescue workers said there was little hope of finding any more survivors from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar that killed at least 170 people. Many of the dead were scouring the mine’s rubble for remnants of the gemstone.
—The Economist, 7/11/20
2020
Monday, July 13th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock Sextet (IL, tenor saxophone, composition; Craig Taborn, piano; Miya Masaoka, koto; Dan Peck, tuba; Tyshawn Sorey, drums; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, New York, 2015
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Friday, July 10th
alone
Not able to travel? Your ears can.
Keyvan Kalhor (1963-, setar), live, Iran (Tehran), 5/21/20
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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To what shall I compare
this life of ours?
Even before I can say
it is like a lightning flash
or a dewdrop
it is no more.—Sengai (1750–1837, Japanese Zen monk)
2020
Thursday, July 9th
sounds of New York
Joe Morris (guitar), Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone, preparations), Charmaine Lee (voice, electronics), live, New York, 2018
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.
—painter Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Washington Post, 7/7/20
2020
Wednesday, July 8th
like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, alto and soprano saxophone, composition) with Hugh Ragin (trumpet), Tyshawn Sorey (trombone), live, New York, 2015
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art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Chateau Noir (1903-04)
2020
Monday, July 6th
alone
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “Sonnet” (P. Brennan), 2018
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Another take.
Recording, 2020
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
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This world of dew
is only a world of dew—
and yet—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Saturday, July 4th
Happy (Strangest Ever) 4th of July!
Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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Professor Longhair (1918-1980), “Big Chief,” live, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival), 1973
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Sleepy LaBeef (1935-2019), “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (plus interview), live (TV show), 1994
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2020
Thursday, July 2nd
keep on dancing
If I could move like this, I’d never stand still.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (1976-, dance), live, New Jersey (Bloomfield), 2014
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Tuesday, June 30th
alone
Ben Goldberg (1959-, clarinet), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/31/20
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