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2023

Saturday, February 4th

like nothing else

Live (performance begins at 4:30), New York and San Diego, 2/2/23

New York: Fay Victor (voice), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone)

San Diego: Michael Dessen (trombone), Joshua White (piano), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums)

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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We are the main character in the story of our life, and we claim our story is absolutely true, but it’s always edited, if not entirely false.

—author Aleksandar Hemon (1964-, interview), New City, February 2023

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2023

Monday, January 30th

sounds of Chicago

Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, reeds, percussion; Joseph Jarman, reeds, percussion; Lester Bowie [MCOTD Hall of Fame], trumpet, percussion; Malachi Favors, bass, percussion; Don Moye, drums, percussion), live (“We-Bop,” “Promenade,” “On the Cote Bamako,” “Bedouin Village,” “New York Is Full of Lonely People,” “New Orleans,” “Funky AECO,” “Theme [Odwalla]”), Chicago (Jazz Showcase), 1981

(Taking a day off.)

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2023

Tuesday, January 24th

sounds of New York

Mary Halvorson (guitar) with Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Night Shift” (M. Halvorson), live, New York, 2022

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Monday, January 16th

sounds of New York

Subtle, inventive, empathic: she’s one of my favorite saxophonists.

Ingrid Laubrock (1970-, tenor and soprano saxophones), Brandon Lopez (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 2022

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timeless

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963

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2023

Tuesday, January 10th

sounds of New York

Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Immanuel Wilkins, alto saxophone; Rashaan Carter, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums), live, New York, 12/9/20

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musical thoughts

Musicians make art out of air.

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Wednesday, January 4th

sounds of New York

Mark Turner Quartet (MT, tenor saxophone; David Virelles, piano; Ben Street, bass; Paul Motian, drums), live (“Crepuscule With Nellie” [T. Monk], “Dance of the Infidels'” [B. Powell], “Conception Vessel” [P. Motian], “Song for Balkis” [B. Hart], “Sonnet for Stevie” [M. Turner], “Mumbo Jumbo” [P. Motian]), New York (Village Vanguard), 2011

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Tuesday, December 27th

like nothing else

Susan Alcorn Quintet (SA, pedal steel guitar; Eddie Kwon, violin; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Michael Formanek, bass; Ryan Sawyer, drums), “Night in Gdansk” (S. Alcorn), live, Berlin (Berlin Jazz Festival), 11/4/21

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Monday, December 26th

untying imaginary knots

Josh Berman Quartet (JB, cornet; Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Devin Hoff, bass; Jordan Glenn, drums), live, San Francisco (Red Poppy Art House), 2009

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This is on a day
when I want to say all kinds of things three times,
and: silence, silence, silence,
as if it were music,
someone else’s who doesn’t know it.

—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “I Love Life” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)

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2022

Tuesday, December 20th

voices I miss

(Jaimie Branch [6/17/83–8/22/22], trumpet, keyboards; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums), live, New York, 6/23/22

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Talk is a way of not looking.

—Ann Lauterbach (1942-), from “Then Suddenly”

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2022

Thursday, December 15th

what’s new

Julian Lage Trio (JL, guitar; Jorge Roeder, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums), “Tributary” (J. Lage), live, Lexington, Kentucky, 12/8/22

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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