tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at Corbett v. Dempsey.
Ken Vandermark (reeds) and Nate Wooley (trumpet), live, Copenhagen, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Forever – is composed of Nows –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 690 (Franklin)
sounds of New York
Tyshawn Sorey (drums), Graham Haynes (trumpet), Brandon Ross (guitar), Val-Inc (AKA Val Jeanty, electronics, percussion, turntables), live (studio), New York, 2018
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
3 x 2 x X = ?
Tomas Fujiwara (drums, composition) with Gerald Cleaver (drums), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), “Blueberry Eyes,” live (studio), New Haven, Conn., 2017
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random sights
yesterday, Forest Park, Ill.
A wonderful drummer lifts everyone.
Wolfgang Muthspiel Quintet (WM, guitar; Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet; Brad Mehldau, piano; Larry Grenadier, bass; Brian Blade, drums), “Father and Sun” (W. Muthspiel), live, Austria (Innsbruck), 2016
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (near the Art Institute)
sounds of London
NÉRIJA, “The Fisherman,” live (studio), 2016
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, 1936-1970) with Donald Tyler (trumpet), et al., “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), Live in Greenwich Village (Village Vanguard), 1967
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
voices I miss
Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy (LB, 1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Steve Turre, trombone; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Phillip Wilson, drums, et al.), “Saving All My Love for You,” live, Berlin, 1986
Sunday in Chicago
They’re playing at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Ajemian, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, Toronto, 2017
“theme 1,” “. . . meanwhile,” “theme 2”
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“theme nothing”
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Fay Victor’s Mutations for Justice (FV, vocals, compositions; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Michael Vatcher, drums), live, New York, 2018
This drummer, Michael Vatcher, will be playing tonight in Chicago, at Constellation, with cornetist Josh Berman and bassist Jason Roebke.
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Art Institute, South Garden)
what’s new
Nate Wooley (trumpet), Michael Foster (tenor saxophone), Brandon Lopez (bass), Ben Bennett (percussion), live, New York, 6/21/18
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random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
