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This combination of voices—alto saxophone, cello, accordion—I could listen to all day.
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Hank Roberts (cello), Aurora Nealand (accordion, etc.), live, Austria (Wels), 11/26/24
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
like nobody else
Cecil Taylor (1929-2018, piano), live, Washington, D.C., 1978
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art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
alone
George Dumitriu (viola), “Four in One” (Thelonious Monk, 1917-1982), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), 2023
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
timeless
Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham, Alabama, “I’m Bound for Canaan Land,” rec. 1947 (Chicago)
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art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
like nobody else
Albert Ayler Quintet (AA [1938-1970], tenor saxophone; Donald Ayler, trumpet; Michel Samson, violin; Bill Folwell, bass; Beaver Harris, drums), “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), live (TV), Germany (Munich), 1966
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art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
timeless
Dionne Warwick (1940-) and The Drinkard Singers (Cissy Houston [1933-2024], et al.), “Who Do You Think It Was?,” live (studio), 1967
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sounds of the Bahamas
Jay Mitchell, “Who’s That in My Bed,” 1974
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yesterday, Chicago
basement jukebox
Marie Bolton (with West Memphis Church of God in Christ Choir), “Thankful” (Parts 1 and 2), 1968
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yesterday, Chicago
alone
Modney (violin, composition), “Ascender,” 2024
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
sounds of London
Leonkoro Quartet (Jonathan Schwarz, violin; Amelie Wallner, violin; Mayu Konoe, viola; Lukas Schwarz, cello), live, London, 11/21/24: Joseph Haydn (String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5 [“The Dream”]), 2:00-; Felix Mendelssohn (String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2), 22:30-; Giacomo Puccini (Chrisantemi), 53:00-
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yesterday, outside Chicago
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