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Friday, September 5th

Today, MCOTD‘s fifth anniversary, we revisit a few early favorites.

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September 5, 2009

One left Cuba after the revolution, the other stayed. Here they play together: pianists—father and son—Bebo (1918-2013) and Chucho (1941-) Valdes.

 

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September 11, 2009

If spirit could be sold, New Orleans would be rich.

Rebirth Brass Band, live, New Orleans, 2009


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September 23, 2009

May, 2012

Nobel-Prize-winning economist devises a way to turn faces—images of them, that is—into marketable commodities: the more expressive the face, the greater the value.

March, 2013

Haiti is named one of the world’s wealthiest countries.

Arcade Fire, “Haiti”


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Without music where would we be?

Tuesday, September 2nd

summer in the (small) city

Tom Harrell Colors of a Dream,* live, Iowa City, 7/5/14


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*Tom Harrell, trumpet; Jaleel Shaw, alto saxophone; Wayne Escoffery, tenor saxophone; Esperanza Spalding, bass, vocals; Uganna Okegwo, bass; Jonathan Blake, drums.

Wednesday, August 13th

sounds of Chicago

Trio WAZ (Edward Wilkerson Jr., tenor saxophone; Tatsu Aoki, bass; Michael Zerang, percussion), live, Chicago, 2009


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lagniappe

art beat

Lee Friedlander (1980-), Detroit, 1963

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Tuesday, August 12th

sounds of Chicago

8 Bold Souls,* live, Poland (Poznan), 2009

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*Edward Wilkerson Jr., reeds; Mwata Bowden, reeds; Tomeka Reid, cello; Isaiah Jackson, trombone; Gerald Powell, tuba; Robert Griffin, trumpet; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Dushun Mosley, drums.

Monday, August 11th

yesterday

I heard this guy at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase.

Charles McPherson (alto saxophone) with son Chuck McPherson (drums), live, La Jolla, California, 1997

Wednesday, August 6th

sounds of Chicago

Fred Anderson Trio (FA, tenor saxophone; Tatsu Aoki, bass; Hamid Drake, drums), live, Netherlands (North Sea Jazz Festival), 2000

Thursday, July 24th

Why not listen to something new?

Iva Bittova (voice, violin), Don Byron (clarinet), Hamid Drake (drums), live, Paris, 2008

Wednesday, July 16th

tonight in Chicago

This guy will be playing at the Hideout.

Daniel Levin, cello

With JP Carletti (drums), live, New Haven, Conn., 2013


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With his trio, live, Jersey City, N.J., 2008


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Solo, live, New York, 2009

 

Saturday, July 12th

passings

Charlie Haden, bassist, composer, bandleader, August 6, 1937-July 11, 2014

Old and New Dreams (Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums; Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet), “Happy House” (O. Coleman), live, Norway (Molde Jazz Festival), 1979

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lagniappe

radio

Thank God, once again, for college radio. Beginning tomorrow at 2 p.m. (EST), WKCR (Columbia University) will air a memorial broadcast. Two hours? Three? Nope. They’ll be playing Haden’s music, continuously, until 9 p.m.—Monday.

Tuesday, July 8th

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Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) & Tomas Fujiwara (drums), live, New York 2014


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lagniappe

art beat

Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, c. 1940

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