Wednesday, September 5th
Nine years ago today this blog began with this post.
One left Cuba after the revolution, the other stayed. Here they play together: pianists—father and son—Bebo and Chucho Valdes.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
Tuesday, September 4th
serendipity
This I bumped into the other night.
Ivan Petrovich Larionov (1830-1889), “Kalinka”; Tanya Kalmanovitch (violin) and Ted Reichman (accordion), live, Boston (Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory), 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2018
Monday, September 3rd
timeless
Bessie Smith, “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out,” 1929
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Charles White (1918-1979), Bessie Smith (Charles White: A Retrospective, closing today; traveling to New York [Museum of Modern Art], then Los Angeles [Los Angeles County Museum of Art])
2018
Sunday, September 2nd
Shirley testifies
Shirley Caesar (with Tasha Cobbs), “How I Got Over,” Aretha’s homegoing service, Detroit, 8/31/18
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
2018
Saturday, September 1st
what’s new
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, composition) & Spektral Quartet, from Yo Soy La Tradición, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, August 31st
what’s new
August Greene (Common [vocals], Robert Glasper [keyboards], Karriem Riggins [drums], et al.), “No Apologies,” live (TV show), 8/13/18
2018
Thursday, August 30th
Saturday in Chicago
They’re playing, with bassist William Parker and drummer Bobby Kapp, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Ivo Perelman (tenor saxophone) & Matthew Shipp (piano), live, New York, 2013
2018
Wednesday, August 29th
Friday in Chicago
They’re playing at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Chris Speed Trio (CS, tenor saxophone; Chris Tordini, bass; Dave King, drums), live, Italy, 2015
“All of Me” (G. Marks, S. Simons)
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“Argento” (C. Speed)
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lagniappe
reading table
Light was on its way
from nothing
to nowhere.—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Accounts”
2018
Tuesday, August 28th
Sunday in Chicago
They’re playing at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Ajemian, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, Toronto, 2017
“theme 1,” “. . . meanwhile,” “theme 2”
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“theme nothing”
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, August 27th
sounds of Chicago
Ben LaMar Gay (vocals, cornet, composition), “Muhal,” 2018
music clip of the day 