timeless
John Coltrane Quartet (JC, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums), “Impressions” (J. Coltrane), rec. 12/7/1963, San Francisco (Ralph J. Gleason’s Jazz Casual)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
more
Link Wray (1929-2005, guitar, vocals) with John Cippolina (1943-1989, guitar), et al., “Mystery Train” (J. Parker), live, San Francisco, 1974
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random sights
other day, Chicago
alone
Paul Bley (1932-2016, piano), live, San Francisco, 1976*
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random sights
other day, Chicago
*****
*First Set: (1) ? ; (2) “Ictus, Vashkar” [12:05-]; (3) “I Loves You, Porgy” (ends w/ “I Remember Harlem”) [21:47-]; (4) Seven [31:12-]; (5) Mr. Joy [40:17-]; (6) “Don’t Explain” (ends w/ “Music Matador”) [50:02-]; (7) “Olhos de Gato ” [57:17-]; (8) ? [1:05:40-]; (9) “I Can’t Get Started” [1:17:02-].
Second Set: coming.
tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at Constellation.
Bill Orcutt (guitar), Chris Corsano (drums), live, San Francisco, 8/26/22
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Greyed Rainbow (1953), detail
untying imaginary knots
Josh Berman Quartet (JB, cornet; Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Devin Hoff, bass; Jordan Glenn, drums), live, San Francisco (Red Poppy Art House), 2009
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lagniappe
reading table
This is on a day
when I want to say all kinds of things three times,
and: silence, silence, silence,
as if it were music,
someone else’s who doesn’t know it.—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “I Love Life” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)
sounds of San Francisco
Charles Lloyd Quartet (CL [1938-], tenor saxophone, flute, compositions; Keith Jarrett [1945-], piano, soprano saxophone; Ron McClure [1941-], bass; Jack DeJohnette [1942-], drums), live (TV show), San Francisco, 1968
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
another take
Rev. Paul Jones, “I Won’t Complain” (P. Jones), live, Texas (Texas City), 1989
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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passings
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919–February 22, 2021), poet, publisher, bookstore owner
“The World Is a Beautiful Place,” City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Dirtbombs, live, San Francisco, 2008
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of India
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986, sitar), Zakir Hussain (1951-, tabla), live (Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu), San Francisco, 1985
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
more
Julius Eastman (1940-1990), Stay on It (1973), live, Switchboard Music Festival, San Francisco, 2016*
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lagniappe
random thoughts
The paper clip in my desk drawer will outlive me.
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*Annie Phillips, bass clarinet; Jeff Anderle, clarinet; Aram Shelton, alto saxophone; Alisa Rose, violin; Hannah Addario-Berry, cello; Helen Newby, cello; Dominique Leone, piano; Mark Clifford, vibraphone; Jordan Glenn, drums.
