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
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: saxophone
2022
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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lagniappe
reading table
The pure products of America
go crazy——William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), from “To Elsie” (1923)
2022
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)
2022
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
2022
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
2022
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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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2022
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
2022
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.
2022
Monday, May 30th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (1970-, tenor saxophone), William Parker (1952-, bass), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, May 23rd
3n
Paul Lytton (drums, percussion), Ken Vandermark (reeds), Nate Wooley (trumpet), live, Madison, Wis., 4/15/22
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill
