Monday, March 21st
two takes
“Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (F. Landesman, T. Wolf)
Bob Dorough (1923-2018; vocals, piano), 1997
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Betty Carter (1929-1998, vocals), 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: jazz
2022
Thursday, March 17th
voices I miss
Billy Bang Quintet (BB, 1947-2011, violin, compositions; James Zollar, trumpet; Andrew Bemkey, piano; Todd Nicholson, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums), live, New York, 2006
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lagniappe
reading table
Look at your past, how it’s grown.
—Karen Solie (1966-), from “All That Is Certain Is Night Lasts Longer Than the Day”
2022
Friday, March 11th
Spare, lyrical, introspective—what better way to end the week?
Abdullah Ibrahim (1934-, piano), live (“Blue Bolero,” “Signal on the Hill,” “Once Upon a Midnight”), Germany (Chiemgau), published 3/9/22
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lagniappe
my back pages
In the digital age, nothing, it seems, ever disappears, including, for instance, a review of his trio that I wrote, for the Chicago Reader, in 1995.
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random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2022
Wednesday, March 9th
what’s new
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 3/1/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Wednesday, February 23rd
sounds of New York
Yoni Kretzmer Trio (YT, tenor saxophone; William Parker, bass; Randy Peterson, drums), live, New York, last night
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lagniappe
random sight
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, February 15th
sounds of New York
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, drums, compositions; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2022
Friday, February 11th
what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Jose Davila (tuba), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, last night
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2022
Tuesday, February 8th
like nobody else
John Zorn’s Acoustic Masada (JZ, 1953-, alto saxophone, compositions; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums), live, Vienne (France), 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, February 5th
what’s new
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and Mary Halvorson (guitar), live (performance begins at 14:30), Amsterdam, 2/3/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Tuesday, February 1st
sounds of Boston
Francisco Mela Quartet (FM, drums; Hery Paz and George Garzone, tenor saxophones; John Lockwood, bass), “Mr. PC” (J. Coltrane), live, Boston, 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), detail from Greyed Rainbow (1953)
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