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2024

Monday, April 8th

sounds of New York

These two sets, live-streamed last night, are very different. The first is wonderful. The second? One of the best things I’ve heard in a long time.

First Set: Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, electronics) & Adam O’Farrill (trumpet, electronics) Duo, 10:00-

Second Set: Patricia Brennan’s SeVeN (Patricia Brennan, vibraphone, electronics; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, electronics; Jon Irabagon, alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Kim Cass, bass; Dan Weiss, drums; Mauricio Herrera, percussion), 1:14:00-

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2024

Wednesday, March 27th

like nothing else

Raül Refree (guitar, piano, electronics) and Núria Andorrà (percussion, vibraphone), live (“Lo que esconden,” “Fandangos Negros,” “Ramírez 11012017,” “Montaña Vacías,” “Todo el mundo quiere irse ya”), France (Rennes), 12/7/23

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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2024

Thursday, March 14th

sounds of Chicago

Macie Stewart (violin, voice), Ben LaMar Gay (cornet, electronics, voice), live, Chicago, 2/22/24

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art beat: other day, Smart Museum (University of Chicago)

Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009), Untitled (1970s), detail

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2024

Monday, February 26th

What you didn’t know you needed right now.

Irreversible Entanglements (Camae Ayewa [Moor Mother], vocals; Aquiles Navarro, trumpet, synthesizer; Keir Neuringer, saxophone, synthesizer; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums; Kyle Kidd, vocals), live (“Fireworks”, “Soundness,” “Free Love,” “Our Land Back,” “root ᐸ=ᐳ branch,” “Protect Your Light”), live, Washington, D.C., 2/19/24

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2024

Monday, February 19th

This I could listen to all day.

SYMPHONY (Peter Evans, trumpets, flugelhorn, compositions; Alice Teyssier, flutes, voice; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Levy Lorenzo, percussion, electronics), “Points of Light,” published 2/17/24

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yesterday, Chicago

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2024

Saturday, February 10th

sounds of all over

Ali Sethi (vocals) & Nicolás Jaar (electronics), “Muddat” (Lyrics by Mirza Ghalib, 1797-1869), 2023

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Monday, October 16th

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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random sights

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).

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2023

Monday, October 9th

alone

Kham Meslien (bass, percussion, electronics), live, France (Chamonix), 7/23/23

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random sights

yesterday, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

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2023

Saturday, September 23rd

like nothing else

Anthony Davis (1951-), You Have the Right to Remain Silent (2007); Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Louis Langrée, cond.) with Anthony McGill (clarinet), Earl Howard (Kurzweil synthesizer), live, Cincinnati, 2020

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Tuesday, September 12th

like nothing else

Love in Exile (Arooj Aftab [vocals], Vijay Iyer [keyboards], Shahzad Ismaily [electronics, bass]), live (“Eyes of the Endless”), Washington, D.C., 2023

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape)

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), By the Seine (1887), detail

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