Monday, July 27th
what’s new
“What the World Needs Now Is Love” (B. Bacharach, H. David)
Bill Frisell Trio (BF, guitar; Thomas Morgan, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, New York, 7/19/20
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other day, Chicago
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2020
Sunday, July 26th
testify!
Angelic Gospel Singers, “If You Can’t Help Me (At the Finishing Line),” live
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Saturday, July 25th
basement jukebox
Dobby Dobson (July 5, 1942-July 21, 2020), “I’m a Loving Pauper,” 1967
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), from Narrow Road to the Interior (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
2020
Friday, July 24th
what’s new
Haim, live from L.A. homes (“The Steps,” “I Know Alone,” “Summer Girl”), published 6/17/20
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other day, Chicago
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Thursday, July 23rd
alone
Julian Lage (1987-, guitar), “Chanting” (O. Coleman), 7/15/20
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Wednesday, July 22nd
alone
What better soundtrack for the pandemic?
Erik Satie (1866-1925), Vexations (c. 1893); Igor Levit (1987-), live (performance begins at 4:50), Berlin, 5/30-31/20
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Tuesday, July 21st
alone
Chris Corsano (1975-, percussion), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/4/20
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Monday, July 20th
sounds of New York
Jason Kao Hwang’s Spontaneous River Orchestra (JKH, conductor, violin; Sarah Bernstein, Skye Steele, Rosie Hertlein, Helen Yee, Leonor Falcon, Ben Sutin, Fredrika Krier, Aimee Nieman, Gwen Laster, violin; Melanie Dyer, Joanna Mattrey, viola; Daniel Levin, cello; Hill Greene, Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), “New York” (L. Jenkins), “Bien Ho Blues / Nothing But Love” (B. Bang), live, New York, 2016
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Sunday, July 19th
basement jukebox: sounds of Shreveport
B. L. Blade (Pastor Brady L. Blade Sr., 1939-, Zion Baptist Church; father of drummers Brady L. Blade Jr. and Brian Blade), “By His Grace We’ve Come a Long Way” (Parts I and II), 1982
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bobbing and weaving
a know-nothing bird sings . . .
fallen leaves—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2020
Saturday, July 18th
timeless
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (AB, drums; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone; Lee Morgan, trumpet; John Hicks, piano; Victor Sproles, bass), live (music starts at 4:25), Paris, 1965
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If I had known
how sorrowful this world is,
I would have become
grass or a tree
in a deep mountain!—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
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