Wednesday, January 12th
sounds of Veracruz
Silvana Estrada, live, Veracruz (Mexico), published 9/27/21
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Tuesday, January 11th
alone
William Parker (1952-, bass), “Black Reflection & Meditation,” published yesterday
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Monday, January 10th
alone
This I could listen to all day.
Tony Allen (1940-2020, drums), live (studio), London, 2019
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Sunday, January 9th
back to church
“Let Your Light Shine,” White Hill. A.M.E. Zion Church (Pineville Hymn Choir Anniversary), York, S.C., 2003
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Already I can see
my own wind-bleached bones.
A cold wind cuts me.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Tom Lowenstein
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Saturday, January 8th
sounds of Chicago
Tortoise, live, Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago), 2019
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Friday, January 7th
what’s new
Esperanza Spalding (voice, bass, compositions), live, published today
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Thursday, January 6th
voices I miss
Betty Carter (1929-1998, vocals), with Benny Green (piano), Winard Harper (drums), Michael Bowie (bass), live, Leverkusen (Germany), 1986
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Wednesday, January 5th
another take
Chuck Berry (1926-2017), “The Things That I Used to Do” (E. Jones), live, 1965
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Tuesday, January 4th
I can almost feel the beer spilling on my shoulder as the waitress gets bumped.
Mat Maneri Trio (MM, viola; Randy Peterson, drums; Ed Schuller, bass), live, Cambridge, Mass., 1997
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Monday, January 3rd
alone
György Kurtág (1926-), from Signs, Games and Messages; Ensemble Musikfabrik (Hannah Weirich, violin), live, Cologne (Germany), 2020
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Another year gone—
hat in my hand,
sandals on my feet.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass
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