like nothing else
Live (performance begins at 4:30), New York and San Diego, 2/2/23
New York: Fay Victor (voice), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone)
San Diego: Michael Dessen (trombone), Joshua White (piano), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
We are the main character in the story of our life, and we claim our story is absolutely true, but it’s always edited, if not entirely false.
—author Aleksandar Hemon (1964-, interview), New City, February 2023
sounds of New York
Subtle, inventive, empathic: she’s one of my favorite saxophonists.
Ingrid Laubrock (1970-, tenor and soprano saxophones), Brandon Lopez (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 2022
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lagniappe
timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
sounds of New York
Mark Turner Quartet (MT, tenor saxophone; David Virelles, piano; Ben Street, bass; Paul Motian, drums), live (“Crepuscule With Nellie” [T. Monk], “Dance of the Infidels'” [B. Powell], “Conception Vessel” [P. Motian], “Song for Balkis” [B. Hart], “Sonnet for Stevie” [M. Turner], “Mumbo Jumbo” [P. Motian]), New York (Village Vanguard), 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.