timeless
Josef Hofmann (1876-1957, piano), live, 1938; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major (“Waldstein”)
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lagniappe
reading table
You lie in our bed as if an orchard were over us.
You are what’s fallen from those fatal boughs.
Where will we go when they send us away from here?—David Ferry (1924-2023), “In Memory of Anne Ferry” (Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations [2012], dedication)
what’s new
This I could listen to all day.
Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Tyler Bullock, piano; Luca Alemanno, bass; Jeremy Dutton, drums), live, Italy (Perugia), 7/7/26 (published 8/24/26)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
sounds of Romania
Lucian Ban (piano) & Mat Maneri (viola), “My Husband / Poor Is My Heart” (Transylvanian folk songs from the Béla Bartók Field Recordings of the early 20th Century), live, Bucharest (Romanian Anthenaeum, 1888), 2025
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
what’s new
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone) & Luis Perdomo (piano), “El Día Que Me Quieras” (Alfredo Le Pera, Carlos Gardel), published yesterday
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
like nobody else
James Booker (piano, voice [1939-1983]), “True” (D. Albert, L. Cottrell), live, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival), 1978
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random sights
other day, Chicago
timeless
Miles Davis Quintet (MD, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums), live (“Autumn Leaves,” “My Funny Valentine,” “All Blues,” “All of You,” “Joshua”), Italy (Milan), 1964
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random sights
other day, Nebraska
what’s new
Henry Threadgill (alto saxophone [MCOTD Hall of Fame]), Vijay Iyer (piano), Dafnis Prieto (drums), “I Wanted a Map” (V. Iyer), published 6/17/26
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), 24 Preludes (Op. 28): Maria João Pires (piano), live, Portugal (Évora), 1987
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
Want to be swept away?
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915), Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 (1894); Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live, Berlin, 2019
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
Happy (104th) 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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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)
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
