sounds of New York
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water (MM, piano, composition; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones; Tomeka Reid, cello; Lesley Mok, drums), live, New York, 11/7/22
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Woody Shaw Quintet (Woody Shaw [1944-89], trumpet, et al.), “To Kill a Brick” (W. Shaw), live, Monterey Jazz Festival (California), 1979
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Les McCann (1935-, piano, vocals) and Eddie Harris (1934-1996, tenor saxophone), “Compared to What” (G. McDaniels), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1969
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If you want to rob a bank, it really is best to start with a small one because then you might remember what you wanted to say once you’re inside.
—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “Can You Ask Your Banker, or Another Banker Who’s Still Awake, to Quickly Get Some Cheap Money, but a Great Deal, Not a Little?” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)
timeless
John Coltrane Quartet (JC [1926-67], tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner [1938-2020], piano; Jimmy Garrison [1934-76], bass; Elvin Jones [1927-2004], drums), live (performance begins at 6:45), New York (Half Note), 1965
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This clip, which I bumped into the other day, may be the best I have ever seen of an artist whose music means as much to me as anyone’s.
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982, 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 (Japan), 1963
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Steve Lacy (1934-2004, soprano saxophone) & Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), “Prospectus” (S. Lacy), live, Paris (?), 2002
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This road—
no one goes down it,
autumn evening.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
voices I miss
Steve Lacy (1934-2004, soprano saxophone), “‘Round Midnight'” (T. Monk), live, Paris (?), c. 1988
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Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophonist, October 13, 1940–September 23, 2022
“Kazuko” (P. Sanders) with Paul Arslanian (harmonium), live, California (Marin Headland), 1982
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“You’ve Got To Have Freedom” (P. Sanders)
Take 1: Live (with William Henderson, piano; James Leary, bass; Kharon Harrison, drums), Los Angeles, 2011
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Take 2: Live (with John Hicks, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums), Los Angeles, 1981
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“The Creator Has a Master Plan” (P. Sanders, L. Thomas) with Leon Thomas (vocals), et al., 1969
sounds of San Francisco
Charles Lloyd Quartet (CL [1938-], tenor saxophone, flute, compositions; Keith Jarrett [1945-], piano, soprano saxophone; Ron McClure [1941-], bass; Jack DeJohnette [1942-], drums), live (TV show), San Francisco, 1968
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Paul Lytton (1947-, drums), Ken Vandermark (1964-, reeds), Nate Wooley (1974-, trumpet), live, Rochester, New York, 4/20/22
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