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2021

Saturday, April 3rd

never enough

Guitarist Pete Cosey? Miles gave him a lot of space, as he had pianist Bill Evans. And just as the Miles of Kind of Blue is unimaginable without Evans, so too with Cosey here.

Miles Davis Septet (MD [trumpet, organ, compositions], Dave Liebman [soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute], Pete Cosey [guitar, percussion], Reggie Lucas [guitar], Michael Henderson [bass], Al Foster [drums], Mtume [aka James Foreman, James Mtume; conga, percussion]), live, Stockholm, 1973

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2021

Saturday, March 27th

sounds of New York

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


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yesterday, Chicago (office, Monadnock Building, painting by Gerard Fortuné)


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cartography is the strangest science today
as morning alters the fittings of the hour to form
shapes wholly new.

–Xiao Yue Shan, from “in love as in tourism” (Poetry, 4/21)

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2021

Wednesday, March 24th

sounds of New York

Jon Irabagon and Outright! (JI, [soprano saxophone, compositions], Ray Anderson [trombone], Matt Mitchell [piano], Chris Lightcap [bass], Dan Weiss [drums]), “Recharge the Blade,” live, New York, 3/22/21

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other day, Chicago

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2021

Monday, March 22nd

alone

Why not begin the week with something not only beautiful but healing?

Amina Claudine Myers (1942-, piano), live, New York, 2020

 

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2021

Saturday, March 20th

spring!

Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958

 

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Bob Dorough (1923-2018; vocals, piano), “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (T. Wolf, F. Landesman), 1997

 

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Sun Ra Arkestra (SR, 1914-1993, piano, composition; June Tyson, vocals; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone, et al.), “Springtime Again,” live, Rome, 1980

 

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yesterday, Chicago

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2021

Thursday, March 18th

alone

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982, piano), “‘Round Midnight” (T. Monk), 1954

 

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other day, Chicago

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2021

Saturday, March 6th

sounds of Chicago

Avreeayl Ra (drums), Dave Rempis (saxophones), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night

 

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a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)

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2021

Tuesday, March 2nd

sounds of New York

Ben Monder (guitar), Tony Malaby (saxophones), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 1/17/21

 

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other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path)

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2021

Thursday, February 25th

sounds of New York

Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Tom Rainey (drums), Brandon Lopez (bass), with artwork by Yuko Otomo, live (performance begins at 4:00), New York, 2/23/21

 

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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I can wade Grief –
Whole pools of it –
I’m used to that –
But the least push of Joy
Breaks up my feet –
And I tip – drunken –
Let no Pebble – smile –
‘Twas the New Liquor –
That was All!

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 312 (Franklin)

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2021

Tuesday, February 23rd

sounds of New York

Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) with guests Frank Lacy (“flumpet,” trombone, voice), Stacy Dillard (saxophones), live, New York, last night

 

 

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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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