sounds of New York
Marc Ribot’s Spiritual Unity (1954-, guitar), Roy Campbell (1952-2014, trumpet, flugelhorn), Henry Grimes (1935-2020, bass, violin), Chad Taylor (1973-, drums), live, New York, 2007
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at Constellation.
Bill Orcutt (guitar), Chris Corsano (drums), live, San Francisco, 8/26/22
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Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Greyed Rainbow (1953), detail
Rarely does a musician take your breath away so quietly.
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950, piano), 1947: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major (Op. 27, No. 2)
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Claude Monet (1840-1926), Irises (1914-17), detail
more
Dixie Hummingbirds (feat. James Walker), “Take Care of Me” (J. Walker), 1990s
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Charles Stepney [1931-1976, producer, arranger, songwriter, musician]: Out of the Shadows (2022)
Episode 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Episode 4
what’s new
Theo Croker (TC, trumpet, vocals; Eric Wheeler, bass; Michael King, keyboards; Michael Shekwoaga Ode, drums; MALAYA, vocals), live (“JAZZ IS DEAD,” “The Messenger,” “Happy Feet (for dancers) (feat. MALAYA),” “No Escape from Bliss”), Washington, D.C., published today
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art beat: other day, Des Moines Art Center
John Chamberlin (1927-2011), VANDAM BILLY (1981), detail
more
Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (TV show [CBC]), 1975: Alban Berg (1885-1935), Piano Sonata (Op. 1), c. 1910
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Checkered Tablecloth (1939), detail
sounds of Detroit
DJ/producer Theo Parrish (1972-)
“Black Music” (feat. Craig Huckaby), Sound Sculptures Vol. 1 (2007)
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Shopping, talking, etc., 2013
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Painting with Green Center (1913), detail
like nothing else
Mat Maneri (viola), Brandon Lopez (bass), live, New York (Fridman Gallery), 8/30/22
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
like nobody else
Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (studio [CBC broadcast]), 1955: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fifteen Three-Part Inventions
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