Tuesday, March 2nd
sounds of New York
Ben Monder (guitar), Tony Malaby (saxophones), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 1/17/21
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2021
Thursday, February 25th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Tom Rainey (drums), Brandon Lopez (bass), with artwork by Yuko Otomo, live (performance begins at 4:00), New York, 2/23/21
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I can wade Grief –
Whole pools of it –
I’m used to that –
But the least push of Joy
Breaks up my feet –
And I tip – drunken –
Let no Pebble – smile –
‘Twas the New Liquor –
That was All!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 312 (Franklin)
2021
Tuesday, February 23rd
sounds of New York
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) with guests Frank Lacy (“flumpet,” trombone, voice), Stacy Dillard (saxophones), live, New York, last night
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2021
Monday, February 22nd
never enough
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano, compositions; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), live, France (Amiens), 1966*
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*0:00: Blue Monk
02:10: Crepuscule With Nellie
14:44: Rhythm-A-Ning
25:31: Hackensack
36:08: Epistrophy
38:20: Evidence
51:51: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (G. Bassman, N. Washington)
1:08:18: Round Midnight
1:13:45: Epistrophy
2021
Saturday, February 20th
passings
Milford Graves, drummer (among other things),* August 20, 1941–February 12, 2021
Milford Graves HeArt Quintet (MG, drums, voice; Charles Gayle, tenor saxophone; Hugh Glover, alto saxophone; Ted Daniels, trumpet; William Parker, bass), live, New York, 2015
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According to the New York Times obituary, Graves “was also a botanist, acupuncturist, martial artist, impresario, college professor, visual artist and student of the human heartbeat.”
2021
Wednesday, February 17th
two takes
“Evidence” (T. Monk)
Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Immanuel Wilkins, alto saxophone; Rashaan Carter, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums), live, New York, 1/17/21
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Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), live, Japan, 1963
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Boy and Dog in Johnnypump, 1982 (detail)
2021
Tuesday, February 9th
two takes
“Manhattan” (R. Rodgers, L. Hart)
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009, vocals, piano), 1959
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Sonny Rollins Trio (SR, tenor saxophone; Henry Grimes, bass; Charles Wright, drums), 1958
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How did you wriggle
your way
into my dream path
through such deep snow
on the night mountain?—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2021
Saturday, January 30th
sounds of New York
Soul of Freedom (Luke Stewart, bass, percussion, vocals; Jaimie Branch, trumpet, percussion, vocals; Devin Brahja Waldman, alto saxophone, percussion, vocals), live, New York, 1/28/21
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yesterday, Chicago
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Ghost I house
In this old flat—
Your outpost—
My aftermath—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Here”
2021
Wednesday, January 27th
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, 1940-, saxophones; Joseph Jarman, 1937-2019, saxophones, flute; Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Malachi Favors, 1927-2004, bass, percussion; Don Moye, 1946-, drums, percussion) with guests,* live (performance begins at 8:20), Switzerland (Lugano), 1993
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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*Amina Claudine Myers (organ, vocals), Frank Lacy (trombone), James Carter (tenor saxophone), Chicago Beau (harmonica, vocals), Herb Walker (guitar, vocals).
2021
Tuesday, January 26th
two takes
“Over the Rainbow” (H. Arlen, Y. Harburg)
Art Pepper (1925-1982, alto saxophone), George Cables (1944-, piano), 1982
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Bud Powell (1924-1966, piano), 1951
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