How about something new?
PRISM Quartet and Steve Lehman (alto saxophone), excerpts from “15 Places at the Same Time” (S. Lehman), live, Philadelphia, 2014
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There’s a reason it’s called the nervous / system.
—Karen Solie, “Ode” (The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out)
passings
B.B. King, singer, guitarist, September 16, 1925-May 14, 2015
“The Thrill Is Gone” (R. Hawkins, R. Darnell), live
Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), 1974
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Montreux Jazz Festival, 1993
sounds of Amsterdam
More of the Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra.*
Live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/3/15
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, New Jersey, 1958
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*Ab Baars, tenor saxophone; Tobias Delius, tenor saxophone; Michael Moore, alto saxophone; Thomas Heberer, trumpet; Walter Wierbos, trombone; Tristan Honsiger, cello; Mary Oliver, violin; Ernst Glerum, bass; Han Bennink, drums; with guest Guus Janssen (piano).
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be at Constellation, as will I.
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil (TB, alto saxophone; Oscar Noriega, clarinet, bass clarinet; Matt Mitchell, piano; Ches Smith, drums, vibes, conga), “Lost in Redding,” live, Buenos Aires, 2015
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Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, New Jersey, 1958
sounds of Amsterdam
It’s a wonderful life—sometimes, anyway. This weekend, in Chicago, I got to hear these folks twice: Saturday night all together (Constellation), Sunday in a series of (mostly) duos and trios (Elastic Arts).
Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra*
“Lavoro” (S. Bergin, borrowing from “Moten Swing”), live, Oakland, Ca., 2013
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“East of the Sun, West of the Moon” (Brooks Bowman), recording (East of the Sun), 2014
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*Ab Baars, tenor saxophone; Tobias Delius, tenor saxophone; Michael Moore, alto saxophone; Thomas Heberer, trumpet; Walter Wierbos, trombone; Tristan Honsiger, cello; Mary Oliver, violin; Ernst Glerum, bass; Han Bennink, drums.
tonight in Chicago
These folks—three reed players and a cellist from Chicago, along with a drummer from Norway—will be playing (and recording a live album) at a performing-arts center on the city’s northwest side (Elastic Arts).
Dave Rempis (saxophones), Keefe Jackson (reeds), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Tomeka Reid (cello), Tollef Østvang (drums), live, Lafayette, Ind., 4/25/15
More of Vernard Johnson.
Live, Roanoke, Tx.
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“What Is This,” live (Something’s Got a Hold on Me), Little Rock, Ark., 1981
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“I’ve Decided To Make Jesus My Choice,” The Gospel Saxophone of Vernard Johnson, 1974
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Mingus!
Charles Mingus, composer, bandleader, bassist
April 22, 1922-January 5, 1979
Better late than never for someone who, like Miles and Monk, Bach and Beethoven, I couldn’t live without.
Charles Mingus (bass) with Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute), Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Jaki Byard (piano), Dannie Richmond (drums), live, Belgium, Norway, and Sweden, 1964*
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musical thoughts
There’s something about listening to Eric Dolphy that makes you feel glad to be alive.
—Cliff Preiss, DJ, WKCR (Columbia University), yesterday (Mingus birthday broadcast)
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*Set lists (courtesy of YouTube):
Belgium
00:00-00:45 Intro
00:46-05:33 So Long Eric
05:35-11:20 Peggy’s Blue Skylight
11:23-32:03 Meditations On Integration
Norway
32:30-54:46 So Long Eric
56:30-1:11:40 Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
1:13:53-1:16:20 Parkeriana
1:16:22-1:29:05 Take The “A” Train
Sweden
1:30:05-1:33:55 So Long Eric
1:34:02-1:52:35 Meditations On Integration
1:52:40- 1:59:50 So Long Eric
In forty years this guy has let me down not once.
Vernard Johnson, “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last,” live
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random thoughts
Blessed to be awakened, again, by birds.
There are all kinds of grooves.
Dengue Fever, “Ghost Voice,” “Tokay,” “Girl from the North,” “No Sudden Moves,” live (studio performance), Seattle, 2/10/15
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Life is full of uncertainties and evil, but sometimes a good meal is enough to get you through even the worst of it.
—Melanie Rehak, Bookforum, April-May, 2015 (reviewing Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die for)
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