sounds of Amsterdam
Dave Douglas Quintet (Dave Douglas, trumpet, compositions; Jon Irabagon, tenor saxophone; Marta Warelis piano; Nick Dunston, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Amsterdam, 1/19/23
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random sights
other day, Chicago
voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, tenor saxophone) with Mike Allemana (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), Michael Raynor (drums), “Blame It on My Youth” (O. Levant, E. Heyman), live, Chicago (Apartment Lounge), 2010
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet (JZ [1953-], alto saxophone, compositions; Julian Lage, guitar; Jorge Roeder, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums), live, Netherlands (Hertogenbosch), 11/3/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2n
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone, clarinet) and Marta Warelis (piano), live, France (Montreuil), 6/22/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
Looking for something fresh?
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone, composition), Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), “Grammy Season,” published 3/31/23
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yesterday, Chicago
passings
Carla Bley, composer, pianist, arranger, bandleader, May 11, 1936–October 17, 2023
Carla Bley Big Band (CB, piano, compositions), live, Paris, 1988
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voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano), Charlie Haden (1937-2014, bass), Paul Motian (1931-2011, drums), “Lonely Woman” (Ornette Coleman), 1988
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reading table
passing through one day—
they let me listen
to their phonograph—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson
sounds of New York
Being & Becoming (Peter Evans [trumpets, compositions], Joel Ross [vibraphone, electronics], Nick Jozwiak [bass, electronics], Michael Ode [drums]), “Malibu,” live, New York, 9/10/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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radio
Today, in celebration of the birthday of Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti (1938-1997), it’s all Fela all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
Happy Birthday, Thelonious!
Thelonious Monk (10/10/1917–2/17/1982, piano, compositions) with Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Butch Warren (b), Frankie Dunlop (drums), live (TV show: “Evidence,” “Blue Monk,” Just a Gigolo” [L. Casucci, J. Brammer, I. Caesar], “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues,” “Epistrophy”), Tokyo, 1963
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other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
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radio
Today it’s all Monk all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
sounds of Chicago
Russ Johnson Quartet (RJ, trumpet, compositions; Mark Feldman, violin; Ethan Philion, bass; Tim Daisy, percussion), live (1st set: 1:42-; 2nd set: 2:28-), Chicago, 9/30/23
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