what’s new
Chris Potter (tenor saxophone, composition) with Bill Frisell (guitar), Nate Smith (drums), Burniss Travis (bass), Rane Moore (clarinet), Zekkereya El-Magharbel (trombone), Sara Caswell (violin), “Into Africa,” published 4/23/26
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never enough
Miles Davis (1926-1991, trumpet) with Wayne Shorter (1933-2023, tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (1940-, keyboards), Ron Carter (1937-, bass), Tony Williams (1945-1997, drums), “Filles de Kilimanjaro” (M. Davis), 1968
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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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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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One-word review: Wow!
Herbie Hancock (1940-, piano) with Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Walter Smith III (tenor saxophone), Ben Williams (bass), Mark Merella (percussion), “Footprints” (Wayne Shorter), 2023 (published yesterday)
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Jeff Parker ETA IVtet (JP, guitar; Josh Johnson, alto saxophone; Anna Butterss, bass; Jay Bellerose, drums), live, Washington, D.C. 2025
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sounds of Chicago
Music for Union Station, Lia Kohl (composition, cello), Dorothy Carlos (cello), Zachary Good (bass clarinet), Gerrit Hatcher (tenor saxophone) Riley Leitch (trombone), Nick Meryhew (trombone), Beth McDonald (tuba), Zach Moore (bass), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Macie Stewart (violin), performed 5/15/25 (Union Station, Chicago [rush hour]), published January 16, 2026
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Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone (MR, guitar; Chad Taylor, drums; Sebastian Steinberg, bass; Briggan Krauss, saxophone), “Bells” (Albert Ayler), live, Minneapolis, 2/20/26
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what’s new
Mark Turner (tenor saxophone) with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (bass), Jonathan Pinson (drums), “Supersister” (M. Turner), published yesterday
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sounds of New York
Jim Staley (trombone) with Ned Rothenberg (reeds) and Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), live, New York, 2025
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my back pages
On a cold, snowy night forty-nine years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More”); during (Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” [unaccompanied saxophone], as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after (“My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”). All of what they played that night can be heard here (0:14-).
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