Monday, April 20th
what’s new
Ken Vandermark (reeds), live, Chicago (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/6/20
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: jazz
2020
Monday, April 6th
passings
Ellis Marsalis, pianist, composer, educator, father, November 14, 1934-April 1, 2020
Ellis Marsalis (piano), Branford Marsalis (tenor saxophone), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone), Eric Revis (bass), Jason Marsalis (drums), “Tell Me” (E. Marsalis), live, New Orleans (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival), 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday morning, Chicago
2020
Monday, March 30th
like nobody else
How about time-traveling to 1961 Paris?
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009, vocals, piano), “C’est le Printemps” (“It Might as Well Be Spring,” R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein II; adaptation, J. Sablon), “Plus je t’embrasse” (“Heart of My Heart,” B. Ryan; adaptation, Max François), live, Paris, 1961
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Isa Genzken (1948-), Rose II (2007)
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reading table
The youth walks up to the white horse, to put its halter on
and the horse looks at him in silence.
They are so silent they are in another world.—D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), “The White Horse”
2020
Tuesday, March 24th
three takes
“Spring Is Here” (R. Rogers, L. Hart), 1938
Audra McDonald (1970-), live
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Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), 1958
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Bill Evans Trio (BE, 1929-1980, piano; Scott LaFaro, 1936-1961, bass; Paul Motian, 1931-2011, drums), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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streaming
NPR Music: “A List of Live Virtual Concerts to Watch During the Coronavirus Shutdown.”
2020
Thursday, March 19th
two takes
“Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most” (F. Landesman, T. Wolf)
Betty Carter (1929-1998), 1965
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Bob Dorough (1923-2018, piano, vocals), 1997
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Glen Ellyn)
2020
Thursday, March 12th
tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at Elastic Arts.
Ken Vandermark (reeds), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Paul Lytton (drums), live, Chicago, 2011
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Kuzu (Dave Rempis, reeds; Tashi Dorji, guitar; Tyler Damon, drums), live, Columbia, S.C., 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2020
Tuesday, March 10th
more
John Coltrane Quartet (JC, 1926-1967, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, 1938-2020, piano; Jimmy Garrison, 1934-1976, bass; Elvin Jones, 1927-2004, drums), live (“Vigil,” Naima,” “My Favorite Things”), Belgium (Comblain-la-Tour), 1965
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, New York
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radio
Today WKCR (Columbia University) celebrates the birthday of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)—all Bix, all day.
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reading table
In the dark we disappear, pure being.
—Stanley Plumly (1939-2019), from”Wight”
2020
Tuesday, March 3rd
two takes
“Stars Fell on Alabama” (F. Perkins, M. Parish), 1934
Jack Teagarden (1905-1964, with Frankie Trumbauer [C-melody saxophone], et al.), 1934
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Billie Holiday (1915-1959, with Ben Webster [tenor saxophone], et al.), 1957
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2020
Wednesday, February 19th
sounds of New York
Herbie Nichols Trio (HN, 1919-1963, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art Blakey, drums), “The Third World” (H. Nichols), 1955
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lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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musical thoughts
Thank you all for listening. Your open ears, open minds, and open hearts are essential to resisting the gathering darkness of our times.
—composer John Luther Adams, 2/18/20 email
2020
Wednesday, February 5th
sounds of Chicago and Wuppertal (Germany)
Peter Brötzmann (1941-, saxophone) and Hamid Drake (1955-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, drums), live, Chicago (Hideout)
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lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day 