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2023

Wednesday, March 8th

passings

Wayne Shorter, saxophonist, composer, August 25, 1933–March 2, 2023

With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (AB, drums; WS, tenor saxophone; Lee Morgan, trumpet; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie Merritt, bass), “The Summit” (W. Shorter), live, Tokyo, 1961

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With the Miles Davis Quintet (MD, trumpet; WS, tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums), “Footprints” (W. Shorter), live, Sweden, 1967

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With his quartet (WS, tenor saxophone; Danilo Perez, piano; John Patitucci, bass; Brian Blade, drums), “Masqualero” (W. Shorter), live, Montreal, 2003

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2023

Wednesday, February 22nd

sounds of New York

Marc Ribot’s Spiritual Unity (1954-, guitar), Roy Campbell (1952-2014, trumpet, flugelhorn), Henry Grimes (1935-2020, bass, violin), Chad Taylor (1973-, drums), live, New York, 2007

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yesterday, Chicago

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2023

Friday, February 17th

what’s new

Theo Croker (TC, trumpet, vocals; Eric Wheeler, bass; Michael King, keyboards; Michael Shekwoaga Ode, drums; MALAYA, vocals), live (“JAZZ IS DEAD,” “The Messenger,” “Happy Feet (for dancers) (feat. MALAYA),” “No Escape from Bliss”), Washington, D.C., published today

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art beat: other day, Des Moines Art Center

John Chamberlin (1927-2011), VANDAM BILLY (1981), detail

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2023

Monday, January 30th

sounds of Chicago

Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, reeds, percussion; Joseph Jarman, reeds, percussion; Lester Bowie [MCOTD Hall of Fame], trumpet, percussion; Malachi Favors, bass, percussion; Don Moye, drums, percussion), live (“We-Bop,” “Promenade,” “On the Cote Bamako,” “Bedouin Village,” “New York Is Full of Lonely People,” “New Orleans,” “Funky AECO,” “Theme [Odwalla]”), Chicago (Jazz Showcase), 1981

(Taking a day off.)

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2023

Tuesday, January 24th

sounds of New York

Mary Halvorson (guitar) with Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Night Shift” (M. Halvorson), live, New York, 2022

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Tuesday, December 20th

voices I miss

(Jaimie Branch [6/17/83–8/22/22], trumpet, keyboards; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums), live, New York, 6/23/22

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reading table

Talk is a way of not looking.

—Ann Lauterbach (1942-), from “Then Suddenly”

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2022

Tuesday, December 6th

sounds of Chicago

Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, 1940-, reeds; Joseph Jarman, 1937-2019, reeds; Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet [MCOTD Hall of Fame]; Malachi Favors, 1927-2004, bass, percussion; Don Moye, 1946-, drums, percussion), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1983

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yesterday, Chicago

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2022

Wednesday, November 16th

sounds of New York

Sylvie Courvoisier Chimeara (SC, piano, compositions; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Christian Fennesz, guitar, electronics; Drew Gress, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums, vibraphone), live (performance begins at 19:00), New York, last night

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A bird is organized so that it is unnecessary
to assume an immeasurable substance
inside its body that remains after its death.

—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “Analysis and Organization” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)

(Taking a break.)

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2022

Tuesday, November 1st

timeless

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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2022

Saturday, October 29th

sounds of New York

Being & Becoming (Peter Evans, trumpet, piccolo trumpet; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Michael Shekwoaga Ode, drums), “Body and Soul” (1930; J. Green, et al.), live, New York (Sisters, Brooklyn), 8/25/22

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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There are things
We live among ‘and to see them
Is to know ourselves’.

—George Oppen (1908-84), from “Of Being Numerous”

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