Sunday, May 14th
sounds of Chicago
Barrett Sisters, “Til We Meet Again,” live
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2023
Saturday, May 13th
sounds of New York
James Brandon Lewis’ Red Lily Quartet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Kirk Knuffke, cornet; William Parker, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2022
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Sunday, May 7th
timeless
Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar) with Kate McTell (vocals) and Curley Weaver (guitar), “I Got Religion, I’m So Glad,” rec. 1935 (Chicago)
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Wednesday, May 3rd
alone
George Dumitriu (viola), “Crepuscule with Nellie” (Thelonious Monk, 1917-1982), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), published 1/31/23
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Sunday, April 30th
sounds of Chicago
Gospel Songbirds (feat. Ulysses Cox), “More Like Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
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Saturday, April 29th
Happy (124th) Birthday, Duke!
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, April 29, 1899-May 24, 1974, pianist, composer, bandleader
“Black Beauty” (D. Ellington), two takes
Solo piano, rec. 1928 (New York)
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With his orchestra, rec. 1960 (Los Angeles)
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radio
All Duke, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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Friday, April 28th
like nothing else
Chris Corsano (1975-, drums, percussion), live, Netherlands (The Hague), 2022
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Wednesday, April 26th
voices I miss
C’est Trois (Jaimie Branch [6/17/83–8/22/22], trumpet, keyboards; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums), live, New York, 6/23/22
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Sunday, April 23rd
basement jukebox
Miss Evelyn Tyler & the Tyler Singers, “He Won’t Forsake His Own” (1965)
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Saturday, April 22nd
Happy (101st) Birthday, Charles!
Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964
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radio
All Mingus, all day: WKCR-FM (Columbia University).
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reading table
This poem is not addressed to you.
You may come into it briefly,
But no one will find you here, no one.
You will have changed before the poem will.—Donald Justice (1925-2004), from “Poem”
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* “So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”
** “So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”
*** “So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)
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