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Saturday, June 17th

sounds of Bali

This I could listen to all day.

Brian Baumbusch, “Prisms for Gene Davis, #9”; Nata Swara, live, Bali, 2022

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art beatother day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)

Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, A Woman Walking in a Garden (1887), detail

Thursday, June 15th

sounds of New York

Michael Attias (alto saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York (Main Drag, Brooklyn), 3/29/23

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yesterday, Chicago

Monday, June 12th

timeless

David S. Ware Quartet (DSW, 1949-2012, tenor saxophone; Matthew Shipp, piano; William Parker, bass; Guillermo E. Brown, drums), live (Vilnius, Lithuania), 2007

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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

Sunday, June 11th

back to church

“Promise the Lord, I would meet him, A long time ago,” Mt. Do Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S. C., 2003

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

*****

reading table

Look through my eyes up
At blue with not anything
We could have ever arranged
Slowly taking place.

—W. S. Graham (1918-1986), from “Enter a Cloud”

Friday, June 9th

what’s new

Charlie Wilson, live (“Charlie, Last Name Wilson,” “Computer Love,” “There Goes My Baby,” “I’m Blessed,” “Yearning For Your Love,” “Sweet Yamz,” “Outstanding”), Washington, D.C., published 6/5/23

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Thursday, June 8th

sounds of Chicago

Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Sunday, June 4th

sounds of Chicago

Pilgrim Jubilees, “My Soul,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969

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art beatother day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)

Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, By the Seine (1887), detail

Friday, June 2nd

sounds of Amsterdam

Michael Moore Universe Quartet (MM, alto saxophone, clarinet; Guillermo Celano, guitar; Omer Govreen, bass; Onno Govaert, drums), live (first set: 15:00; second set: 1:32:00), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), yesterday

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other day, Chicago

Wednesday, May 31st

sounds of England

Sleaford Mods, “Out There,” 2021

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Little Simz, “Speed,” 2021

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Tuesday, May 30th

passings

Tina Turner (aka Anna Mae Bullock), singer, November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023

“A Fool in Love,” live (TV show [Hollywood a Go-Go]), 1965

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“River Deep – Mountain High,” 1966 (original promo, edited)

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Rehearsing with Ikettes in dressing room

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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)