basement jukebox
Eddie Bo (aka Edwin Joseph Bocage [1930-2009], vocals, piano), “Dinky Doo,” 1961
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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streaming
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. (ET) the last performance by pianist Peter Serkin (1947-2020) at New York’s 92nd St. Y (12/1/18) will be streamed here (Mozart [Adagio in B Minor, K. 540; Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 570], Bach [Goldberg Variations]).
passings
Ellis Marsalis, pianist, composer, educator, father, November 14, 1934-April 1, 2020
Ellis Marsalis (piano), Branford Marsalis (tenor saxophone), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone), Eric Revis (bass), Jason Marsalis (drums), “Tell Me” (E. Marsalis), live, New Orleans (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival), 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday morning, Chicago
what’s new
Hot 8 Brass Band, “Love Will Tear Us Apart, 10/24/18
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Here’s the original (remastered).
Joy Division, 1980, 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Deep autumn—
my neighbor,
how does he live, I wonder?—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
like nobody else
James Booker (piano, vocals [1939-1983]), live, France (Nice), 1978
passings
Henry Butler, pianist, singer, September 21, 1948-July 2, 2018
With Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, “Some Iko,” live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 1959
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Second Liners at Mardi Gras, 1957
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Second Liners, 1961
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Young Tuxedo Bass Band, 1966