like nothing else
Henry Threadgill’s Society Situation Dance Band (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, compositions, direction; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Abdul Wadud, cello; Brandon Ross, guitar; Pheeroan akLaff, drums, et al.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1988
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Miles Davis (1926-1991, trumpet), Gary Bartz (1940-, saxophones), Chick Corea (1941-2021, keyboards), Keith Jarrett (1945-, keyboards), Dave Holland (1946-, bass), Jack DeJohnette (1942-, drums), Airto Moreira (1941-, percussion), live, England (Isle of Wight Festival), 1970
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(Taking a break—back in a while.)
never enough
Yesterday afternoon, feeling in a bit of a funk before visiting a client in jail, I stumbled upon this and within moments, it seemed, the air began to lighten.
Miles Davis Quintet (MD [1926-1991], trumpet; Wayne Shorter [1933-], tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock [1940-], piano; Ron Carter [1937-], bass; Tony Williams [1945-1997], drums), live, Stockholm (Sweden), 1967
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like nobody else
Anthony Braxton (1945-, reeds, composition) with Dan Peck (tuba), Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Tomeka Reid (cello), Jacqui Kerrod (harp), Shelly Burgon (harp), Adam Matlock (accordion, aerophones), “Composition No. 409,” live, New Haven (Connecticut), 2017
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Paul Lytton (drums, percussion), Ken Vandermark (reeds), Nate Wooley (trumpet), live, Madison, Wis., 4/15/22
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Happy 100th Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), (live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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All Mingus, all day (tomorrow, too): WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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*”So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
**”So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
***”So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
sounds of Ukraine
Yakiv Tsvietinskyi (composition, trumpet), “Double Quartet No. 9,” live (studio), Ukraine, 2019
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voices I miss
Billy Bang Quintet (BB, 1947-2011, violin, compositions; James Zollar, trumpet; Andrew Bemkey, piano; Todd Nicholson, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums), live, New York, 2006
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Look at your past, how it’s grown.
—Karen Solie (1966-), from “All That Is Certain Is Night Lasts Longer Than the Day”
like nobody else
John Zorn’s Acoustic Masada (JZ, 1953-, alto saxophone, compositions; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums), live, Vienne (France), 2006
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Rebecca Saunders (1967-), White (2016); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Marco Blaauw, trumpet), Cologne (Germany), published 1/17/22
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