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Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation (ME, alto saxophone; John Hébert, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums), live, New York, 2019
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found words
YOUR CASHIER TODAY WAS SELF
—grocery store receipt
timeless
Woody Shaw Quintet (Woody Shaw [1944-89], trumpet, et al.), “To Kill a Brick” (W. Shaw), live, Monterey Jazz Festival (California), 1979
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sounds of Chicago
Marvin Tate’s D-Settlement with Theaster Gates and the Black Monks, live (performance begins at 21:00), Chicago, 10/29/22
back to church
Shelly Davis Jr., “Stand By Me” (C.A. Tindley, 1905), live, Alabama (Elba), 2011
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sounds of New York
Being & Becoming (Peter Evans, trumpet, piccolo trumpet; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Michael Shekwoaga Ode, drums), “Body and Soul” (1930; J. Green, et al.), live, New York (Sisters, Brooklyn), 8/25/22
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reading table
There are things
We live among ‘and to see them
Is to know ourselves’.—George Oppen (1908-84), from “Of Being Numerous”
what’s new—and old
Andrew Bird (feat. Phoebe Bridgers), “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” (Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886), published yesterday
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what’s new
The Crossing, live, Washington, D.C., published today: Shara Nova (1974-), from “Titration” (“Turn Ya Head,” “Safety in Peril or Calm,” “I’m So Mad I Could Spit Nails,” “Pulses”), 2022
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In the small beauty of the forest
The wild deer bedding down—
That they are there!—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “Psalm”
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(Taking a break—back in a while.)
turn your radio on
Spirit of Memphis Radio Show, WDIA (Memphis), late 1940s/early 1950s
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basement jukebox
Phil Pratt & Ken Boothe, “Sweet Song for My Baby,” 1968
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sounds of Peru
Susana Baca, “Negra Presuntuosa,” live (studio), 2013
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