Tuesday, December 31st
sounds of Chicago
DKV Trio (Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], drums; Kent Kessler, bass; Ken Vandermark, reeds), live, Chicago, 12/28/24
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lagniappe
random sights
Dingle Peninsula, Ireland, 2017
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2024
Saturday, December 21st
what’s new
This combination of voices—alto saxophone, cello, accordion—I could listen to all day.
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Hank Roberts (cello), Aurora Nealand (accordion, etc.), live, Austria (Wels), 11/26/24
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Thursday, December 19th
like nobody else
Cecil Taylor (1929-2018, piano), live, Washington, D.C., 1978
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
2024
Tuesday, December 17th
alone
George Dumitriu (viola), “Four in One” (Thelonious Monk, 1917-1982), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), 2023
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2024
Saturday, December 14th
like nobody else
Albert Ayler Quintet (AA [1938-1970], tenor saxophone; Donald Ayler, trumpet; Michel Samson, violin; Bill Folwell, bass; Beaver Harris, drums), “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), live (TV), Germany (Munich), 1966
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
2024
Thursday, December 5th
sounds of the Bahamas
Jay Mitchell, “Who’s That in My Bed,” 1974
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Saturday, November 30th
alone
Modney (violin, composition), “Ascender,” 2024
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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Saturday, November 23rd
what’s new
Elisabeth Harnik (piano), Joe Morris (guitar), live, Austria (Wels), 11/9/24
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lagniappe
reading table
High over the dark
shadows of Pine Islands, a
skylark breaks into song—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2024
Friday, November 22nd
What do you get when you cross Vancouver with Memphis?
Frazey Ford (with Hi Rhythm Section [Charles Hodges, organ; Leroy Hodges, bass; Teenie Hodges, guitar), “Done” (F. Ford), 2015 (from Indian Ocean, 2014)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Wednesday, November 20th
like nobody else
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, viola), live, Atlanta, 1999
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 