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2020

Tuesday, July 14th

what’s new

How often does a drummer get equal billing?

Tom Misch (vocals, guitar) and Yussef Dayes (drums), “Night Rider,” “Tidal Wave,” published 7/13/20

 

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random sights

this morning, Chicago

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Rescue workers said there was little hope of finding any more survivors from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar that killed at least 170 people. Many of the dead were scouring the mine’s rubble for remnants of the gemstone.

—The Economist, 7/11/20

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2020

Monday, July 13th

sounds of New York

Ingrid Laubrock Sextet (IL, tenor saxophone, composition; Craig Taborn, piano; Miya Masaoka, koto; Dan Peck, tuba; Tyshawn Sorey, drums; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, New York, 2015

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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2020

Sunday, July 12th

basement jukebox

Joyful Gospel Singers, “Every Day Will Be Like Sunday”

 

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2020

Saturday, July 11th

basement jukebox

Ann Peebles (1947-), “Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (A Jackson, T. Matthews), 1971

 

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2020

Friday, July 10th

alone

Not able to travel? Your ears can.

Keyvan Kalhor (1963-, setar), live, Iran (Tehran), 5/21/20

 

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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To what shall I compare
this life of ours?
Even before I can say
it is like a lightning flash
or a dewdrop
it is no more.

—Sengai (1750–1837, Japanese Zen monk)

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2020

Thursday, July 9th

sounds of New York

Joe Morris (guitar), Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone, preparations), Charmaine Lee (voice, electronics), live, New York, 2018

 

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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.

—painter Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Washington Post, 7/7/20

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2020

Wednesday, July 8th

like nobody else

Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, alto and soprano saxophone, composition) with Hugh Ragin (trumpet), Tyshawn Sorey (trombone), live, New York, 2015

 

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art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Chateau Noir (1903-04)

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2020

Tuesday, July 7th

basement jukebox

Ann Peebles (1947-), “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (A. Peebles, D. Bryant, B. Williams), 1973

 

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lagniappe

other day, Chicago

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2020

Monday, July 6th

alone

Why not begin the week with something beautiful?

Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “Sonnet” (P. Brennan), 2018

 

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Another take.

Recording, 2020

 

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)

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This world of dew
is only a world of dew—
and yet

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill

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2020

Sunday, July 5th

Gladys testifies

Gladys Knight (1944-), “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein), “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (P. Simon), live (Aretha Franklin’s funeral), Detroit, 2018

 

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this morning, Oak Park

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