Wednesday, February 19th
alone
Zosha Warpeha (Hardanger d’amore), “wakerobin,” 2024
Tomorrow night she’ll be performing at Chicago’s Constellation, as part of this year’s Frequency Festival.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
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Sunday, February 16th
sounds of Atlanta
Howard “Slim” Hunt & The Supreme Angels, “Over Yonder,” live, Atlanta, 1998
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Wednesday, February 12th
Some performances just keep building, getting better, and better, and better.
Steve Coleman Five Elements (SC, alto saxophone, compositions; Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet; Anthony Tidd, bass; Sean Rickman, drums; Kokayi, vocals), live, Spain (Donostia San Sebastian), 2022
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Sunday, February 9th
timeless
The Consolers, live (TV show: Bobby Jones Gospel), c. 1980s
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago
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Monday, February 3rd
passings
Susan Alcorn (1953–January 31, 2025), pedal steel guitarist
Live, Rochester, N.Y., 2018
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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Sunday, February 2nd
sounds of Louisville
Rev. Eddie James and Family, “Storm Is Passing Over,” 1970s
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Monday, January 27th
Need a break from the unceasing cacophony?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Adagio in B Minor (K. 540); Grigory Sokolov (1950-, piano), live, Spain (San Sebastián), 2023
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Sunday, January 26th
sounds of Chicago
Inez Andrews, Soul Stirrers, New Friendship Baptist Church Inspirational Choir of Chicago, live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1969
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Saturday, January 25th
timeless
Solomon Burke (1940-2010) with The Blind Boys of Alabama (vocals), Rudy Copeland (organ), Jay Bellerose (drums), et al., “None of Us Are Free” (B. Mann, C. Weil, B. Russell), 2002
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Wednesday, January 22nd
my back pages
On a cold, snowy night forty-eight years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More”); during (Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” [unaccompanied saxophone], as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after (“My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”). All of what they played that night can be heard here (0:14-).
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