Saturday, April 20th
timeless
Wailers (Bob Marley, vocals, guitar; Peter Tosh, vocals, guitar; Bunny Wailer, vocals, percussion, et al.), “Stir It Up” (B. Marley), live (studio), London, 1973
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2019
Friday, April 19th
what’s new
Georgia Anne Muldrow, “Overdrive,” “Flowers” (with Dudley Perkins), “Ciao,” live (studio), Washington, D.C., 4/8/19
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, April 18th
what’s new
William Basinski (1958-), On Time out of Time, 3/8/19
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reading table
today too
looking at the same mountain . . .
spring rain—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2019
Wednesday, April 17
what’s new
Joanna Mattrey (viola, stroh violin), live, New York, 4/8/19
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reading table
I made my way to the sofa, where I battled against cancer once more by lying there staring straight ahead. I had such great resistance to thought that I didn’t even worry.
—Colm Toibin, “‘It’s curable,’ he said,” London Review of Books, 4/18/19
2019
Tuesday, April 16th
sounds of Chicago
Listen to this guitarist (2:47-), who just celebrated his 92nd birthday with a gig at Chicago’s Green Mill. Even at twenty-three he was utterly original.
Charlie Parker (1920-1955, alto saxophone) with George Freeman (1927-, guitar), et al., “Keen and Peachy” (C. Parker), live, Chicago, 1950
2019
Monday, April 15th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Bill Evans (1929-1980, piano), “Like Someone in Love” (J. Burke, J. Van Heusen), recorded 1962
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Sunday, April 14th
testify!
Lee Williams (1942-2017) and the Spiritual QC’s, “Can’t Run,” live, Memphis
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random sights
yesterday, Kankakee, Ill. (by the local jail)
2019
Saturday, April 13th
sounds of Ecuador and all over
Nicola Cruz, live (The Lot Radio), New York, 2018
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reading table
along the mountain road
somehow it tugs at my heart—
a wild violet—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Makoto Ueda)
2019
Friday, April 12th
sounds of New York
Lake Street Dive, “Musta Been Something,” live, New York (Retrofret Vintage Guitars, Brooklyn), 2018
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reading table
it is spring!
a hill without a name
in thin haze—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Makoto Ueda)
2019
Thursday, April 11th
Only in Minnesota do drums go with snow.
Dave King and JT Bates, live, South St. Paul, Minn., 12/15/18
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random sights
mid-February, Oak Park, Ill.
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