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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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All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).

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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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2024

Friday, April 12th

tonight outside Chicago

She’ll be performing in a 400-seat hall (Northwestern University)—can’t wait.

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1; Maria João Pires (1944-, piano), live, Belgium (Brussels), 2021

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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Saturday, April 6th

joy, n. a source of keen pleasure or delight. E.g., listening to singer Eddie Jefferson.

Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979), live (with Richie Cole, alto saxophone; John Campbell, piano; Kelly Sill, bass; Joel Spencer, drums), Chicago (Jazz Showcase), 5/6/79 (days later, he was dead, shot outside a Detroit jazz club)

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art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), Mont Sainte-Victoire (detail)

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Saturday, March 30th

4ⁿ

Charles Lloyd (1938-, alto flute) with Jason Moran (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), and Brian Blade (drums), “Booker’s Garden” (C. Lloyd), live, Santa Barbara, Cal., 2023

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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Thursday, March 28th

alone

Víkingur Ólafsson (1984-, piano), live, Washington, D.C., published 3/28/24: J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations, Aria, Variation No. 1; Jean-Philipe Rameau (arr. Ólafsson), “The Arts and the Hours”; Béla Bartók, Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík; Sigvaldi Kaldalóns (arr. Ólafsson), “Ave Maria”

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art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)

Edward Hopper (1912-2004), Automat (1927), detail

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Wednesday, March 27th

like nothing else

Raül Refree (guitar, piano, electronics) and Núria Andorrà (percussion, vibraphone), live (“Lo que esconden,” “Fandangos Negros,” “Ramírez 11012017,” “Montaña Vacías,” “Todo el mundo quiere irse ya”), France (Rennes), 12/7/23