Wednesday, October 16th
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch Trio (JB, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Mike Pride, drums), live, New York, 9/29/19
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Saturday, October 5th
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Lester St. Louis, cello; Anton Hatwich, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2018
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, September 19th
sounds of New York
day four
Nicolas Jaar (1990-, DJ), live, New York, 2013
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What is the language using us for?
—W. S. Graham (1918-1986), from the poem so titled
2019
Wednesday, September 18th
sounds of New York
day three
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, compositions, drums; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 6/10/19
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yesterday, Chicago
2019
Tuesday, September 17th
sounds of New York
day two
Sam Pluta (1979-), Broken Symmetries (2011-12); Wet Ink Ensemble (Sam Pluta, electronics; Joshua Modney, violin; Erin Lesser, piccolo; Alex Mincek, tenor saxophone; Eric Wubbels, piano; Ian Antonio, percussion), live, New York, 2016
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other day, Bellwood, Ill.
2019
Monday, September 16th
sounds of New York
day one
Jason Kao Hwang Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 7/16/19
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Today is very nothing like / Any other day that once soared / In this place.
—W.S. Graham (1918-1986), from “The Don Brown Route”
2019
Thursday, August 29th
sounds of New York
James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Anthony Pirog, guitar; Luke Stewart, bass; Warren G. Crudup III, drums), live, New York, 6/15/19
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Tuesday, August 27th
sounds of New York
Craig Taborn (piano, electronics), Cory Smythe (piano, electronics), “X’s and Y’s,” live, New York, 2018
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SHOE FROM THE WAVES
oh he got a shoe from the waves
—Robert Grenier (1941-), A Day at the Beach (1984)
2019
Monday, July 29th
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Andrew Cyrille (1939-, drums) with Peter Brötzmann (reeds), live, New York, 6/11/19
2019
Saturday, July 27th
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Andrew Cyrille (1939-, drums) with Tomeka Reid (cello), Beatrice Capote (dance), live, New York, 6/11/19
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dancing butterflies—
my journey forgotten
for a while—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
