like nothing else
Moor Mother (aka Camae Ayewa), “Woody Shaw” (feat. Melanie Charles), published 6/8/22
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inspiration
Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, composition), “Stepping Stone,” live, Italy, 1979
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lagniappe
art beat: a while ago, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Grand Bouquet of Flowers (c. 1892-95), detail

more
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB [1983-2022, trumpet, voice, percussion, composition] with Lester St. Louis [cello, voice, percussion], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums, mbira, voice]), “Prayer for Amerikka,” live, New York, 2021
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lagniappe
art beat: more
William Klein (1926-2022), 3 Kids + Harmonica, New York, 1955
alone
Peter Evans (1981-, trumpet, composition), “Mirrors of Infinity,” live (studio), 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), letter to Thomas Higginson, late 1872
voices I miss
Ed Blackwell (1929-1992, drums, percussion) with Mal Waldron (1925-2002, piano), Charles Rouse (1924-1988, tenor saxophone), Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (1937-, bass), live (“The Git Go” [M. Waldron], excerpt), New York (Village Vanguard), 1980s
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

sounds of New York
Lukas Ligeti Quintet (LL, drums, percussion, compositions; Shoko Nagai, piano; Darren Johnston, trumpet; Travis Sullivan, alto saxophone; Michael Bates, bass), live, New York, 7/15/22
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lagniappe
reading table
The pure products of America
go crazy——William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), from “To Elsie” (1923)