like nobody else
Lennie Tristano (1919-1978, piano), live (“Darn That Dream,” “Lullaby of the Leaves,” “Expressions,” “You Don’t Know What Love Is,” “Tivoli Gardens Swing,” “Ghost of a Chance,” “Imagination,” “Tangerine”), Copenhagen, 1965
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Matthew Shipp Trio (MS, piano, composition; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums), “Root of Things,” live, Troy, N.Y., 2014
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sounds of Chicago
Jacob Stein (bass clarinet), Damon Smith (bass), Adam Shead (drums, percussion), live (performance begins at 2:45; joined in the second set by Weasel Walter [drums], Sandy Ewan [guitar]), Chicago, last night
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sounds of New York
Tony Malaby (saxophones), Chris Hoffman (cello), William Parker (bass), Billy Mintz (drums), live, New York, 7/12/21
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voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, tenor saxophone) with George Freeman (1927-, guitar), et al., “Oh, Lady Be Good!” (George and Ira Gershwin, 1924), live, Chicago, 1980s
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timeless
Wayne Shorter Quartet (WS, tenor saxophone; Danilo Perez, piano; John Patitucci, bass; Brian Blade, drums), “Masqualero” (W. Shorter), live, Montreal, 2003
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sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago, last night: Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek [1958-], bass; Tomas Fujiwara [1977-], drums; Mary Halvorson [1980-, 2019 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient], guitar)
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Happy 100th Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), (live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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All Mingus, all day (tomorrow, too): WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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*”So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
**”So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
***”So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
sounds of New York
John Zorn (1953-, alto saxophone), Tyshawn Sorey (1980-, drums), live, 2011
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sounds of New Orleans
Doreen Ketchens (clarinet, voice), et al., “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (trad.), live, New Orleans, 2010
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