Sunday, July 2nd
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon, et al., “Praise Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1974
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Saturday, July 1st
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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Thursday, June 29th
sounds of Beirut
Ernesto Chahoud (DJ), live, Beirut (Chico Records), 2017
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Tuesday, June 27th
alone
Ran Blake (1935-, piano), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (H. Arlen, Y. Harburg), live, yesterday
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Sunday, June 25th
sounds of Chicago
Cassietta George (1929-1995), “I Must Tell Jesus,” live (TV Show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
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Saturday, June 24th
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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Friday, June 23rd
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “ASR ,” published 6/20/23
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Wednesday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Sun Ra, “I Am Strange,” early 1950s
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Monday, June 19th
what’s new
Lauryn Hill, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” live, Philadelphia (Roots Picnic After Party), 6/3/23
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Sunday, June 18th
sounds of Vidalia
The Benjamin Phillips Documentary: The Life of a Living Legend (excerpt), Vidalia, Georgia, 2015
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