sounds of Jamaica
“Heavy Dub Mix Vol. 1 – Golden Age of Dub, 1975-1982” (Tracklist in YouTube Comments), published 2020
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, The Bridge at Courbevoie (1887), detail
timeless
Horace Silver Quintet (HS [1928-2014], piano; Bill Hardman [1933-1990], trumpet; Bennie Maupin [1940-], tenor saxophone; Johnny Williams [1908-1998], bass; Billy Cobham [1944-], drums), “Song for My Father” (H. Silver), live, Copenhagen, 1968
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon, et al., “Praise Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1974
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
This recording, the moment it ends, I want to hear it again.
Alfred Brendel (1931-, piano), 1984: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Adagio in F, H.XVII No. 9
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago
sounds of Beirut
Ernesto Chahoud (DJ), live, Beirut (Chico Records), 2017
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Ran Blake (1935-, piano), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (H. Arlen, Y. Harburg), live, yesterday
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random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Cassietta George (1929-1995), “I Must Tell Jesus,” live (TV Show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Peter Brötzmann, saxophonist, clarinetist, March 6, 1941–June 22, 2013
With his quartet (PB [reeds], Alexander Von Schlippenbach [piano], Peter Kowald [bass], Paul Lovens [drums]), live, Poland (Warsaw), 1974
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With Last Exit (PB [reeds], Sonny Sharrock [guitar], Bill Laswell [6-string bass], Ronald Shannon Jackson [drums, voice]), live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1994
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With Chicago Tentet (PB [saxophones], Ken Vandermark [saxophones], Joe McPhee [saxophones], Roland Ramanan [trumpet], Toshinori Kondo [trumpet], Jeb Bishop [trombone], Fred Longberg-Holm [cello], Kent Kessler [bass], Michael Zerang [drums], Paal Nilssen-Love [drums]), live, France (Le Mans), 2004
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “ASR ,” published 6/20/23
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
basement jukebox
Sun Ra, “I Am Strange,” early 1950s
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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