like nothing else
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion, “To the Sky” (lyrics by Anne Steele, 1717-1778), video by Robert Edridge-Waks, published 3/19/21 (Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part, 6/25/21)
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of London
Kokoroko, live, published 4/21/21
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sounds of Laos
Nouthong Phimvilayphone (khaen), “Lotfai Talang,” live, Laos, 2012
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other day, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Dafnis Prieto Big Band (DP [drums, composition], et al.), “Back to the Sunset” (feat. Henry Threadgill [alto saxophone; MCOTD Hall of Fame]; dedicated to Henry Threadgill and Andrew Hill), published 6/17/21
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other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
like nothing else
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, voice, composition; Lester St. Louis, cello, voice; Anton Hatwich, bass, voice; Chad Taylor, drums), “prayer for amerikkka pt. 1 & 2” (live, Zürich, 1/23/20), with animation by Theodore Darst and Gregory Nachmanovitch, published 5/11/21
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Joe McPhee (tenor saxophone, voice), Tomeka Reid (cello), live, Chicago (Corbett vs. Dempsey [art gallery]), 6/19/21
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
sounds of Mississippi
Fred McDowell (1906-1972; vocals, guitar), “Woke up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus,” recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Miss., 1959
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Helene Vogelsinger (electronics), “Reappearance,” live, France (Hendaye), published 6/9/21
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Mississippi
You See Me Laughin’: The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (feat. R. L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Cedell Davis, T-Model Ford, et al.), 2002
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
alone
Steve Lacy (1934-2004; soprano saxophone, compositions), live (“Staples,” “Zeal,” “The Oil,” “The Owl,” “Torments”), Kyoto, Japan, 1975
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reading table
Even in Kyoto—
hearing the cuckoo’s cry—
I long for Kyoto.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass
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