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Category: saxophone

Sunday, July 24th

timeless

This album I’ve been listening to for nearly fifty years, never tiring of it.

Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), The Gospel Saxophone of Vernard Johnson,* 1974

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random sights

other morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

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1. “I’ve Decided To Make Jesus My Choice”
2. “Jesus Will Bring Things Out Alright ”
3. “Hung up for My Hang Ups”
4. “God Will Take Care of You”
5. “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last”
6. “It’s Real”
7. “I’ll Make It Alright”
8. “Precious Lord”
9. “This Way to Jesus”
10. “Oh Happy Day”

Saturday, July 23rd

sounds of New York

Tamio Shiraishi (1949-, alto saxophone), live, New York, 7/16/22

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random sights

yesterday, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wednesday, July 20th

sounds of New York

Lukas Ligeti Quintet (LL, drums, percussion, compositions; Shoko Nagai, piano; Darren Johnston, trumpet; Travis Sullivan, alto saxophone; Michael Bates, bass), live, New York, 7/15/22

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reading table

The pure products of America  
go crazy—

—William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), from “To Elsie” (1923)

Saturday, July 16th

sounds of Slovenia

Jure Pukl (tenor saxophone, composition), Peter Evans (trumpet), Joe Sanders (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), live Slovenia (Ljubljana Jazz Festival), 6/15/22

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lagniappe

random sights

this morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

Friday, July 8th

sounds of London

Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings, tenor saxophone; Theon Cross, tuba; Tom Skinner, drums; Eddie Hick, drums), live (“Pick Up Your Burning Cross,” “Think of Home,” “In Remembrance of Those Fallen,” “Throughout the Madness, Stay Strong”), London, 2022

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random sights

other day, Chicago

Tuesday, July 5th

like nothing else

Henry Threadgill’s Society Situation Dance Band (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, compositions, direction; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Abdul Wadud, cello; Brandon Ross, guitar; Pheeroan akLaff, drums, et al.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1988

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random sights

other day, Chicago

Tuesday, June 14th

more

Miles Davis (1926-1991, trumpet), Gary Bartz (1940-, saxophones), Chick Corea (1941-2021, keyboards), Keith Jarrett (1945-, keyboards), Dave Holland (1946-, bass), Jack DeJohnette (1942-, drums), Airto Moreira (1941-, percussion), live, England (Isle of Wight Festival), 1970

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

(Taking a break—back in a while.)

Monday, June 13th

never enough

Yesterday afternoon, feeling in a bit of a funk before visiting a client in jail, I stumbled upon this and within moments, it seemed, the air began to lighten.

Miles Davis Quintet (MD [1926-1991], trumpet; Wayne Shorter [1933-], tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock [1940-], piano; Ron Carter [1937-], bass; Tony Williams [1945-1997], drums), live, Stockholm (Sweden), 1967

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random sights

other day, Chicago

Wednesday, June 1st

sounds of New York

Tim Berne’s Dilated Pupils (TB, alto saxophone; David Torn, guitar; Ryan Ferreira, guitar; Craig Taborn, keyboards; Ches Smith, percussion), live (performance begins at 7:00), New York, 2013

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, May 30th

sounds of New York

Ingrid Laubrock (1970-, tenor saxophone), William Parker (1952-, bass), live, New York, 2014

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.