Sunday, August 11th
testify!
Gospel Keynotes, “Jesus You’ve Been Good to Me,” live, c. 1980
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2024
Saturday, August 10th
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Patricia Brennan Septet (PB, vibraphone, electronics, composition; Jon Irabagon, alto and sopranino saxophones; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, electronics; Marcus Gilmore, drums; Mauricio Herrera, percussion; Kim Cass, bass), “Palos de Oros” (Suit of Coins), published 8/6/24
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2024
Friday, August 9th
what’s new
What you need, right now, whether you know it or not.
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding, live (“Cais” [Milton Nascimento]; “Outubro” [Milton Nascimento]; “Saci,” feat. Guinga [Guinga, Paulo César Pinheiro]; “Saudade Dos Aviões Da Panair (Conversando No Bar),” feat. Maria Gadú [Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant]; “When You Dream,” feat. Maria Gadú [Wayne Shorter, Edgy Lee]), Rio de Janeiro, published 8/7/24
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2024
Monday, August 5th
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “Trouble,” published 8/1/24
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Sunday, August 4th
testify!
Bishop Perry Tillis (1919-2004, guitar), live, Savior Lord Jesus Pentecostal Church, Samson, Alabama, 1995
2024
Friday, August 2nd
Fela!
Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra, Seun Kuti, Egypt 80, “Upside Down” (Fela Kuti), live, published April 4, 2024
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Thursday, August 1st
sounds of Chicago
Muhal Richard Abrams Sextet (MRA [1930-2017], keyboards; Henry Threadgill, reeds [1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame]; Kalaparusha [Maurice McIntyre], reeds [1936-2013]; Wallace McMillan, reeds [1941-]; Reggie Willis, bass; Steve McCall, drums [1933-1989]), live, Berlin, 1973
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Tuesday, July 30th
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “Love,” live, France (Marciac), 7/23/24
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2024
Sunday, July 28th
timeless
Harmonizing Four (feat. Jimmy Jones), “I Shall Not Be Moved,” 1955 (both takes)
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Saturday, July 27th
timeless
Percy Mayfield (1920-1984), “Life Is Suicide” (P. Mayfield), 1951
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