Thursday, September 24th
sounds of London
Nubya Garcia (tenor saxophone), live (“Source,” “Pace,” “Boundless Beings”), London, 9/16/20
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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Category: saxophone
2020
Saturday, September 12th
alone
Sam Weinberg (tenor saxophone), live, New York, 9/8/20
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other day, Chicago
2020
Wednesday, September 9th
what’s new
Eric Revis (bass) with Darius Jones (alto saxophone), Bill McHenry (tenor saxophone), Kris Davis (piano), Chad Taylor (drums), Justin Faulkner (drums), “Baby Renfro” (E. Revis), from Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (9/11/20), 8/13/20
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2020
Tuesday, September 1st
timeless
Charlie Parker Quintet (CP, 1920-1955, alto saxophone; Miles Davis, 1926-1991, trumpet; Al Haig, 1922-1982, piano; Tommy Potter, 1918-1988, bass; Max Roach, 1924-2007, drums) with Symphony Sid Torin (1909-1984, announcer), live (“Groovin’ High,” D. Gillespie, F. Paparelli; “Big Foot,” C. Parker; “Ornithology,” C. Parker, B. Harris; “Slow Boat to China,” F. Loesser), New York (Royal Roost), 12/11/48
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2020
Friday, August 28th
sounds of Chicago
Twin Talk (Dustin Laurenzi, tenor saxophone; Katie Ernst, bass, voice; Andrew Green, drums), live, Chicago (Constellation), 8/14/20
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2020
Tuesday, August 25th
sounds of Chicago
Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly (MR, drums; Greg Ward, alto saxophone; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone; Joshua Abrams, bass), live (performance begins at 13:10), Chicago (Constellation), 8/15/20
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Moon in midsky, high
over the village hovels
and wandering on—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Thursday, August 13th
sounds of all over
Negarit Band and Friends (Nick Mazzarella, alto saxophone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, Ethiopia (Fendika Cultural Center, Addis Ababa), published 5/13/20
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2020
Sunday, August 9th
back to church
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone), live, Texas (Roanoke), 2008
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At the ancient pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Thursday, August 6th
wake up!
Peter Brötzmann (alto saxophone), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), live, Japan (Chiba), 2011
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2020
Tuesday, August 4th
voices I miss
Julius Hemphill (alto saxophone, 1938-1995) with Baikida E.J. Carroll (1947-, trumpet), Abdul Wadid (1947-, cello), Philip Wilson (1941-1992, drums), “Dogon A.D.” (J. Hemphill), 1972
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