Wednesday, August 22nd
this weekend in Chicago
Saturday night he’s playing at Constellation.
Craig Taborn, piano
Live, Macedonia (Skopje), 2015
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Live (playing and talking), Belgium (Antwerp), 2016
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: jazz
2018
Saturday, August 11th
voices I miss
Sun Ra Arkestra (Sun Ra [aka Herman Blount, 1914-1993], keyboards, compositions, vocals), TV show (Night Music), “Face the Music,” “Space Is the Place,” 1989
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Here’s another take on “Space Is the Place,” which I bumped into the other day at the Art Institute of Chicago, where it’s playing, continuously, through August 19th.
Space Is the Place (A March for Sun Ra), directed by Cauleen Smith, featuring the Rich South High School marching band, Chicago (Chinatown Square), 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, August 8th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone) & Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, New York, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
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reading table
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 143 (Franklin)
2018
Monday, August 6th
more
How many drummers say so much so softly?
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, live (studio), Seattle, 2016
2018
Saturday, July 7th
desert island disc
Miles Davis, In a Silent Way (MD, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone; John McLaughlin, guitar; Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, keyboards; Dave Holland, bass; Tony Williams, drums), 1969*
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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*Side A: “Shhh”/”Peaceful”/”Shhh” (M. Davis); Side B: “In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul)/”It’s About That Time” (M. Davis)/”In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul).
2018
Wednesday, June 20th
sounds of New York
This drummer can play.
Dave Sewelson (baritone saxophone), William Parker (bass), Marvin Bugalu Smith (drums), live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (bird unknown)
2018
Monday, June 11th
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Cooper-Moore (piano), live, New York (Vision Festival), 5/28/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Maywood, Ill.
2018
Thursday, May 10th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Hamid Drake (drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame), David Murray (tenor saxophone), live, 2017
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2018
Thursday, April 26th
How many bands have not one but two MacArthur-certified “geniuses”?
Vijay Iyer Sextet (Vijay Iyer, keyboards, compositions [2013 MacArthur Fellow]; Tyshawn Sorey, drums [2017 MacArthur Fellow]; Stephan Crump, bass; Steve Lehman, alto saxophone; Graham Haynes, cornet and flugelhorn; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone), live, Ojai, Calif., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, April 25th
passings
Bob Dorough, singer, songwriter, piano player, December 12, 1923-April 23, 2018
“Devil May Care” (B. Dorough, T. Kirk), live (studio), New York, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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