Monday, January 19th
timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Norway (University of Oslo), 12/10/64
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Norway
2025
Tuesday, April 22nd
Happy (103rd) Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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lagniappe
radio
WKCR-FM (Columbia University): all Mingus, all day.
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* “So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
** “So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
*** “So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
2024
Monday, September 16th
sounds of all over
Ken Vandermark (1964-, reeds [Chicago]), Paal Nilssen-Love (1974-, percussion [Nesodden, Norway]), live, Columbia, South Carolina, 8/31/24
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Monday, April 22nd
Happy (102nd) Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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lagniappe
radio
All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
*****
* “So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
** “So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
*** “So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
2023
Saturday, April 22nd
Happy (101st) Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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lagniappe
radio
All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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reading table
This poem is not addressed to you.
You may come into it briefly,
But no one will find you here, no one.
You will have changed before the poem will.—Donald Justice (1925-2004), from “Poem”
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* “So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
** “So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
*** “So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
2022
Friday, April 22nd
Happy 100th Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), (live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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lagniappe
radio
All Mingus, all day (tomorrow, too): WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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*”So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
**”So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
***”So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
2021
Wednesday, September 8th
voices I miss
Lester Bowie (1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and Brazz Brothers, live, Norway (Ålesund), 1992
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Thursday, April 29th
sounds of Norway
Sinikka Langeland (kantele, voice), “Eye of the Blue Whale” (S. Langeland), published 4/28/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
It is hard to believe of the world that there should be
music in it . . .—William Bronk (1918-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “The Nature of Musical Form”
2020
Tuesday, February 4th
alone
Sigurd Hole (bass), “Eg veit I himmelrik ei borg” (“I Know a Castle in Heaven” [Norwegian folk song]), live (studio), New York, 1/31/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
In a Station of the Metro
by Ezra Pound (1885-1972)The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
petals on a wet, black bough.
2017
Saturday, May 20th
In Oslo in December each sound is clear and distinct, or that, at least, is what I imagine.
Transitory Meeting of Minds,* live, Oslo, 12/5/16
#1
#2
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*Dré Hočevar, drums, interaction; Christian Balvig, piano, electronics; Michal Wróblewski, alto saxophone; Jean Dousteyssier, clarinets.
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