passings
James Blood Ulmer, guitarist, singer, February 8, 1940 – June 3, 2026
With Amin Ali (bass), Cornell Rochester (drums), live, Berlin, 1981
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With Don Cherry (1936-1995, pocket trumpet), Rashied Ali (1933-2009, drums), New York, published 2008
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
sounds of New York
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), “Hopscotch” (Joe Chambers), live, 2016
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
what’s new
Nicola Cruz (DJ), The Lot Radio (New York), 4/14/26
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other day, Chicago
sounds of New York
Jim Staley (trombone) with Ned Rothenberg (reeds) and Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), live, New York, 2025
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
sounds of New York
Peter Evans (1981-, trumpet), “Sequence 01,” live, New York (Roulette), 10/1/25
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
what’s new
Four Tet (AKA Kieran Hebden [1977-], DJ, producer, musician), live, New York, 12/1/25
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
timeless
Duke Ellington (1899-1974; piano, composition) & Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967; piano, composition) with Joe Shulman (1923-1957, bass), “In a Blue Summer Garden,” rec. 1950 (New York)
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
Happy Birthday!
Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955, alto saxophone) with Fats Navarro (trumpet), Bud Powell (piano), Art Blakey (drums), et al., recorded live at Birdland (NYC) on May 15-16, 1950*
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radio
Today it’s all Bird all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
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*Complete information regarding personnel and compositions can be found here.
like nothing else
Tony Malaby (saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Daniel Levin (cello), “New Artifacts,” recorded live (New York), 2015
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this morning, Oak Park, Illinois
sounds of New York
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, violin, compositions), Soliloquies and Resonance, live, New York, 3/26/25
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yesterday, outside Chicago
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