Monday, September 5th
alone
Camila Nebbia (tenor saxophone), live, Cal Rosal, Spain, 2021
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2022
Sunday, September 4th
back to church
Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, “Walking in Jerusalem Just Like John,” live, Thomaston, Georgia, 2011
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other day, Chicago
2022
Saturday, September 3rd
timeless
John Cage (1912-1992), Third Construction (1941); McGill Percussion Ensemble, live, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), 2011
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yesterday, Chicago
2022
Friday, September 2nd
what’s new
Fantastic Negrito (aka Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz), “Virginia Soil” (X. Dphrepaulezz), live (studio), published 8/26/22
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reading table
My Teacher once said to me,
—become one with the knot itself
til it dissolves away.—Gary Snyder (1930-), from “Four Changes” (Collected Poems, 2022)
2022
Thursday, September 1st
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, Jerry Heil, Monica Liu, “Dai Boh,” published 8/26/22
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2022
Wednesday, August 31st
this week in Chicago
He will be playing, Saturday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Miguel Zenón (1976-, alto saxophone, composition), “Navegando (Las Estrellas Nos Guían)” (feat. Los Pleneros De La Cresta), live (studio), published 8/26/22
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2022
Tuesday, August 30th
more
Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet) with Ben LaMar Gay (cornet) and Josh Berman (cornet), live, Chicago (Experimental Sound Studio), 2016
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other day, Chicago
2022
Monday, August 29th
this week in Chicago
They will be playing, Thursday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame [flute, alto saxophone, compositions]), Liberty Ellman [guitar], Jose Davila [tuba, trombone], Christopher Hoffman [cello], Elliot Humberto Kavee [drums]), live, Washington, D.C., 2013
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Henry Threadgill, interview, 2021
2022
Sunday, August 28th
more
Mavis Staples (1939-) and Levon Helm (1940-2012), “You Got to Move” (rec. 2011, Woodstock, N.Y.), published 2022
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other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
2022
Saturday, August 27th
passings
Jaimie Branch, trumpeter, composer, singer, bandleader, June 17, 1983–August 22, 2022
Live (with Lester St. Louis [cello], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums]), Zurich, Switzerland, 2020
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