Monday, August 28th
voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano) & Timeline (Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall, drums; Maurice Chestnut, tap percussion), live, South Korea, 2011
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2023
Sunday, August 27th
timeless
Golden Gate Quartet, “God Told Nicodemus,” 1941
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random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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Saturday, August 26th
never enough
Alfred Brendel (1931-, piano), live, England (Snape, Suffolk), 2000: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Piano Sonata in E-flat major (Hob. XVI/49, L.59); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor (K.457, 21:40-)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Friday, August 25th
what’s new
Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
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Thursday, August 24th
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
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Tuesday, August 22nd
basement jukebox
Jay Robinson with Penny & The Quarters, “Will I Ever,” c. 1970
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reading table
I’m making sense all the time of all the senseless things.
—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “A Film in Which I Play Everyone” (New Yorker, 8/21/23)
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Sunday, August 20th
sounds of Chicago
“Wade in the Water” (trad.), Salem Travelers, James Herndon Singers, Voices of Triumph, live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1969
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Saturday, August 19th
timeless
John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), “Serves Me Right to Suffer” (J. L. Hooker), live (TV show), Germany (Cologne), 1968
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Friday, August 18th
basement jukebox
Ken Boothe (1948-)
“Everything I Own” (D. Gates), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #1)
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“Crying Over You” (L. Charmers, K. Boothe), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #11)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Thursday, August 17th
sounds of Jamaica
Mista Savona (DJ), King Tubby’s Heaviest Dubs (King Tubby aka Osbourne Ruddick, 1941-1989), published 2021
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lagniappe
reading table
Why is everything now geared to longevity? If everything’s directed at maximizing the number of years you live, you’re denying life itself.
—artist David Hockney (1937-), quoted in A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (Martin Gayford, expanded edition, 2016)
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