sounds of Amsterdam
Dave Douglas Quintet (Dave Douglas, trumpet, compositions; Jon Irabagon, tenor saxophone; Marta Warelis piano; Nick Dunston, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Amsterdam, 1/19/23
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other day, Chicago
voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, tenor saxophone) with Mike Allemana (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), Michael Raynor (drums), “Blame It on My Youth” (O. Levant, E. Heyman), live, Chicago (Apartment Lounge), 2010
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet (JZ [1953-], alto saxophone, compositions; Julian Lage, guitar; Jorge Roeder, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums), live, Netherlands (Hertogenbosch), 11/3/23
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serendipity
Bumped into this last night, happily.
Cor Fuhler (piano), Oren Marshall (tuba), Mats Gustafsson (tenor saxophone), Michael Vatcher (drums), live, Amsterdam, 2010
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Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone, clarinet) and Marta Warelis (piano), live, France (Montreuil), 6/22/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
Looking for something fresh?
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone, composition), Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), “Grammy Season,” published 3/31/23
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yesterday, Chicago
Happy Birthday, Thelonious!
Thelonious Monk (10/10/1917–2/17/1982, piano, compositions) with Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Butch Warren (b), Frankie Dunlop (drums), live (TV show: “Evidence,” “Blue Monk,” Just a Gigolo” [L. Casucci, J. Brammer, I. Caesar], “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues,” “Epistrophy”), Tokyo, 1963
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other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
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radio
Today it’s all Monk all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
what’s new
Meshell Ngdegeocello, “The Atlantiques” (with Jeff Parker [guitar], Josh Johnson [saxophone], et al.), published 10/3/23
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yesterday, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
sounds of Chicago
Dave Rempis (saxophones), Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone), Joshua Abrams (bass), Taylor Damon (drums), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 8/31/23
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reading table
this body
still alive
scratching it—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson
another take
“Wade in the Water” (trad.), Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), 1960s-70s
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