this week in Chicago
He will be playing, Saturday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Miguel Zenón (1976-, alto saxophone, composition), “Navegando (Las Estrellas Nos Guían)” (feat. Los Pleneros De La Cresta), live (studio), published 8/26/22
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
this week in Chicago
They will be playing, Thursday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame [flute, alto saxophone, compositions]), Liberty Ellman [guitar], Jose Davila [tuba, trombone], Christopher Hoffman [cello], Elliot Humberto Kavee [drums]), live, Washington, D.C., 2013
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Henry Threadgill, interview, 2021
alone
Tony Malaby (1964-, tenor saxophone), live, Princeton, New Jersey (Richard Serra [1938-], The Hedgehog and the Fox, 2000), 4/30/22
what’s new
Micah Thomas (1997-, piano), Zoh Amba (2000-, tenor saxophone), Immanuel Wilkins, (1998-, alto saxophone), Billy Drummond (1959-, drums), live, New York (The Stone), 8/11/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
more
James Brandon Lewis Trio (JBL [1983-, tenor saxophone, composition], et al.), “Raise Up Off Me,” live, New York, 3/9/22
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lagniappe
reading table
I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past
into the present(which amounts to the same thing)
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Pretty Little” (Conjure, 2020)
alone
Dai Fujikura (1977-), Sakana (2007); Ryan Muncy (tenor saxophone, International Contemporary Ensemble), live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
James Brandon Lewis (1983-, tenor saxophone, composition), “Fear Not” (feat. The Messthetics), published 7/26/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
another take
“Body and Soul” (J. Green, E. Heyman, R. Sour, F. Eyton), 1930: Art Pepper (1925-1982, alto saxophone), live, Japan (Hokkaido), 1981
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), The Bay at L’Estaque (1878-82) (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
two takes
“Body and Soul” (J. Green, E. Heyman, R. Sour, F. Eyton), 1930
Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969, tenor saxophone), 1939
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Charlie Parker (1920-1955, alto saxophone), 1942 (rec. Kansas City, Kansas)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Daniel Carter (1945-, soprano saxophone), Hamid Drake (1955-, drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame), live, New York (Three Jewels Yoga and Meditation), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 