Saturday, May 22nd
sounds of Chicago
Keefe Jackson Trio (KJ, saxophone, clarinet; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Roebke, bass), live, Chicago, last night (performance begins at 15:00)
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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2021
Tuesday, May 18th
sounds of New York
One-word review: Wow!
Mark Shim Trio (MS, tenor saxophone; Matt Brewer, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums), “Jive Ones,” live, New York, 5/12/21
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other day, outside Chicago
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Monday, May 17th
timeless
This I could listen to all day.
Charlie Parker (1920-1955, alto saxophone) with Efferge Ware (guitar), Little Phil Phillips (drums), “Cherokee” (R. Noble), 1942 (Damon Recording Studios, Kansas City, Mo.)
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Saturday, May 15th
sounds of Chicago
Black Diamond (Artie Black, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone, flute; Matt Ulery, bass; Neil Hemphill, drums), live (performance begins at 16:00), Chicago (Constellation,) last night
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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Tuesday, May 11th
timeless
Johnny Griffin/Woody Shaw Quintet (JG, 1928-2008, tenor saxophone; WS, 1944-1989, trumpet; John Hicks, 1941-2006, piano; Reggie Johnson, 1940-2020, bass; Alvin Queen, drums, 1950-), live, Germany (Cologne), 1986
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2021
Tuesday, April 20th
sounds of New York
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Joe Saylor, drums) featuring Patrick Bartley (alto saxophone) and Bruce Harris (trumpet), live, New York, last night
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, April 7th
sounds of New York
Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation (ME, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, compositions; John Hébert, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums), live, New York, 2019
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2021
Saturday, April 3rd
never enough
Guitarist Pete Cosey? Miles gave him a lot of space, as he had pianist Bill Evans. And just as the Miles of Kind of Blue is unimaginable without Evans, so too with Cosey here.
Miles Davis Septet (MD [trumpet, organ, compositions], Dave Liebman [soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute], Pete Cosey [guitar, percussion], Reggie Lucas [guitar], Michael Henderson [bass], Al Foster [drums], Mtume [aka James Foreman, James Mtume; conga, percussion]), live, Stockholm, 1973
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2021
Tuesday, March 30th
sounds of New York
Strictly Missionary (Chris Pitsiokos, alto saxophone; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Richard Lenz, bass; Kevin Murray, drums; Nick Neuberg, percussion), live, New York (Valentino Pier; Red Hook, Brooklyn), 3/27/21
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2021
Saturday, March 27th
sounds of New York
Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Immanuel Wilkins, saxophone; Rashaan Carter, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums), live, New York, 12/9/20
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yesterday, Chicago (office, Monadnock Building, painting by Gerard Fortuné)
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cartography is the strangest science today
as morning alters the fittings of the hour to form
shapes wholly new.–Xiao Yue Shan, from “in love as in tourism” (Poetry, 4/21)
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