Wednesday, September 18th
sounds of New York
day three
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, compositions, drums; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 6/10/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: jazz
2019
2019
Monday, September 16th
sounds of New York
day one
Jason Kao Hwang Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 7/16/19
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lagniappe
reading table
Today is very nothing like / Any other day that once soared / In this place.
—W.S. Graham (1918-1986), from “The Don Brown Route”
2019
Thursday, August 29th
sounds of New York
James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Anthony Pirog, guitar; Luke Stewart, bass; Warren G. Crudup III, drums), live, New York, 6/15/19
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Monday, August 26th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Joseph Jarman (1937-2019, alto saxophone), Marilyn Crispell (1947-, piano), “Dear Lord” (J. Coltrane), 1996 (Connecting Spirits)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, August 7th
If I were to count, on my fingers, the number of times I have listened to this over the years, I would need an awful lot of hands.
Bill Evans (piano, 1929-1980), “Never Let Me Go” (J. Livingston, R. Evans), 1968 (Alone)
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, August 1st
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Henry Threadgill Sextett (HT [MCOTD Hall of Fame], 1944-, alto saxophone, flute, compositions); Frank Lacy, trombone; Rasul Sadik, trumpet; Deidre Murray, cello; Fred Hopkins, bass; Newman Baker, drums; Yoron Israel, percussion), live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1988
2019
Wednesday, July 31st
Tenor saxophone and drums—another take.
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), live, Netherlands (Haarlem), 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
There came a Wind like a Bugle —
It quivered through the Grass
And a Green Chill upon the Heat
So ominous did pass
We barred the Windows and the Doors
As from an Emerald Ghost —
The Doom’s electric Moccasin
That very instant passed —
On a strange Mob of panting Trees
And Fences fled away
And Rivers where the Houses ran
Those looked that lived — that Day —
The Bell within the steeple wild
The flying tidings told —
How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the World!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 1618 (Franklin)
2019
Monday, July 29th
more
Andrew Cyrille (1939-, drums) with Peter Brötzmann (reeds), live, New York, 6/11/19
2019
Saturday, July 27th
more
Andrew Cyrille (1939-, drums) with Tomeka Reid (cello), Beatrice Capote (dance), live, New York, 6/11/19
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lagniappe
reading table
dancing butterflies—
my journey forgotten
for a while—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2019
Thursday, July 18th
what’s new
Andrew Cyrille (1939-, drums) with Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Brandon Ross (guitar), live, New York, 6/11/19
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
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