like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, composition, sopranino saxophone) with James Fei (electronics), Thomas Bruckner (voice), Ostravská Banda, “Distant Radio Transmission,” 2019
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Jose Davila (tuba), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, last night
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other day, Chicago
like nobody else
John Zorn’s Acoustic Masada (JZ, 1953-, alto saxophone, compositions; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums), live, Vienne (France), 2006
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sounds of Boston
Francisco Mela Quartet (FM, drums; Hery Paz and George Garzone, tenor saxophones; John Lockwood, bass), “Mr. PC” (J. Coltrane), live, Boston, 2016
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), detail from Greyed Rainbow (1953)
sounds of New York
Steve Swell (trombone), Dave Sewelson (baritone saxophone), Michael Vatcher (drums), live, New York, 1/20/22
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voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame), tenor saxophone
“Oleo” (S. Rollins) with Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone), Willie Pickens (piano), Dan Shapera (bass), Robert Shy (drums), Chicago (Chicago Jazz Festival), 1988
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With John Young (1922-2008, piano), et al., live (radio broadcast), late 1970s
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“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” (E. Maschwitz & M. Sherwin) with Jodie Christian (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), live, Harrisburg, Penn., 1994
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“I Can’t Get Started” (V. Duke, I. Gershwin), live, Belgium, 1992
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“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (R. Rodgers, L. Hart) with Mike Allemena (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), Michael Raynor (drums), live, Chicago (Mandel Hall, University of Chicago), 2011
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my back pages
On a cold, snowy night forty-five years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Von Freeman and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony, during (as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after. All of what they played that night (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More,” “In a Sentimental Mood,” “My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”) can be heard here (0:15-).
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of New York
Kidd Jordan (1935-, tenor saxophone) with Joel Futterman (1946-, piano), William Parker (1952-, bass), Hamid Drake (1955-, drums [MCOTD Hall of Fame]), live (tribute to drummer Alvin Fielder [1935-2019]), New York, 2019
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sounds of Chicago
Hunter Diamond (tenor saxophone, percussion, clarinet) and Mike Reed (drums, percussion), live (performance begins at 21:30), Chicago, last night
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like nobody else
Anthony Braxton ZIM Sextet (AB [1945-], reeds, compositions; Taylor Ho Bynum, brass; Ingrid Laubrock, reeds; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; et al.), live, Moers (Germany), 2017
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mesmerizing
Lea Bertucci (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, organ, electronics), “On Opposite Sides of Sleep” (film by Fern Silva), published 2/21/21
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