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Category: New York

Wednesday, September 21st

sounds of New York

Heart Trio (William Parker [1952-], kora; Cooper-Moore [1946-], homemade instruments; Hamid Drake [1955-, MCOTD Hall of Fame], percussion), live, New York, 6/22/22

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, September 19th

sounds of New York

Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 9/16/22

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William Klein (1926-2022), Dance in Brooklyn, 1955

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Saturday, September 17th

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Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB [1983-2022, trumpet, voice, percussion, composition] with Lester St. Louis [cello, voice, percussion], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums, mbira, voice]), “Prayer for Amerikka,” live, New York, 2021

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William Klein (1926-2022), 3 Kids + Harmonica, New York, 1955

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Thursday, September 8th

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Camila Nebbia (tenor saxophone), Michael Formanek (bass), Vinny Sperrazza (drums), live, New York (Downtown Music Gallery), 8/28/22

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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Life is not made for meetings;
like stars at opposite ends of the sky we move.

—Tu Fu (aka Du Fu, 712-770), from “Presented to Wei Pa, Gentleman in Retirement,” translated from the Chinese by Burton Watson (The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry, 1984)

Wednesday, August 24

string festival
day three

Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, composition, direction) and Uprising Orchestra (Lester St. Louis [cello], Ken Filiano [bass], Andrew Drury [drums], et al.), “Myths of Origin,” live, New York, 10/10/21

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Woods, Aix-en-Provence (1887-1890), detail (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)

Thursday, August 18th

sounds of New York

Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos (Marc Ribot [1954-, guitar], Dafnis Prieto [1974-, drums], et al.), “El Divorcio,” live, New York, 2010

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Wednesday, August 17th

sounds of New York

Kris Davis Trio (KD, 1980-, piano, compositions; William Parker, 1952-, bass; Jeff “Tain” Watts, 1960-, drums), live, New York, 2019

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the stars I can see and those I will never see / will not ever again be in the same places / as they are at this moment

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we are all here together without knowing it / flying at a speed beyond thinking

—W.S. Merwin (1927-2019), from “One October Night” (Garden Time, 2016)

Tuesday, August 9th

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James Brandon Lewis Trio (JBL [1983-, tenor saxophone, composition], et al.), “Raise Up Off Me,” live, New York, 3/9/22

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I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;

I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past
into the present

(which amounts to the same thing)

—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Pretty Little” (Conjure, 2020)

Monday, August 8th

alone

Dai Fujikura (1977-), Sakana (2007); Ryan Muncy (tenor saxophone, International Contemporary Ensemble), live, New York, 2015

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Thursday, July 28th

alone

Brandon Seabrook (1984-, guitar), live, New York (456 Gallery), 2016

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random sights

other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)