Saturday, July 27th
timeless
Percy Mayfield (1920-1984), “Life Is Suicide” (P. Mayfield), 1951
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: R&B
2024
Friday, June 28th
sounds of Chicago
Chaka Khan (1953-), live (“Tell Me Something Good,” “What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me,” “Stay,” “Sweet Thing,” “Through the Fire.” “Ain’t Nobody,” “I’m Every Woman”), live, Washington, D.C. , 6/11/24
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langiappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Fred Hampton, 1948-1969)*
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*Chaka Khan, Wikipedia entry: “She joined the Black Panther Party after befriending a fellow member, activist and Chicago native Fred Hampton in 1967.[16] At the age of 13, she was given the name Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Karifi by a Yoruba Babalawo during a naming ceremony.[3] In 1969, she left the Panthers and dropped out of high school, having attended Calumet High School and Kenwood High School (now Kenwood Academy).[17] She began to perform in small groups around the Chicago area . . .”
2024
Friday, June 21st
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, live (“Travel,” “Thus Sayeth The Lorde,” “Love,” “Virgo,” “Outside Your Door”), Washington, D.C., 6/18/24
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks“, through 9/22/24)
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), New York, Night (1928-29), detail
2024
Friday, March 8th
sounds of Chicago
Baby Huey (aka James Thomas Ramey), singer, August 17, 1944-October 28, 1970
“Hard Times” (C. Mayfield), 1971
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“Listen to Me” (M. Johnson), 1971
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“A Change Is Going to Come” (S. Cooke)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago
2024
Tuesday, January 2nd
sounds of Chicago
A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield (“We’re A Winner,” “Little Child Runnin’ Wild,” “Beautiful Brother of Mine,” “We the People,” “Keep On Keeping On,” “Superfly,” “Freddie’s Dead,” “Now You’re Gone,” “The Other Side of Town,” “The Makings Of You,” “So In Love,” “Move On Up” [all C. Mayfield]): WDR Big Band and WDR Funkhausorchester (Vince Mendoza, arranger/conductor) with Ledisi (vocals), Bilal (vocals), et al., live, Germany (Cologne), 9/30/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, December 9th
sounds of Chicago
Jerry Butler (1939-), “What’s So Good About It (You’re My Baby),” 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Thursday, September 21st
basement jukebox
Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), “Gypsy Woman”
Milton Henry, 1976
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The Impressions, 1961
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Friday, August 25th
what’s new
Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2023
Tuesday, August 22nd
basement jukebox
Jay Robinson with Penny & The Quarters, “Will I Ever,” c. 1970
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lagniappe
reading table
I’m making sense all the time of all the senseless things.
—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “A Film in Which I Play Everyone” (New Yorker, 8/21/23)
2023
Monday, June 19th
what’s new
Lauryn Hill, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” live, Philadelphia (Roots Picnic After Party), 6/3/23
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 