Sunday, July 17th
back to church
“Go Preach My Gospel,” live, Rock Hill, South Carolina (Ebenezer Baptist Church), 2002
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2022
Saturday, July 16th
sounds of Slovenia
Jure Pukl (tenor saxophone, composition), Peter Evans (trumpet), Joe Sanders (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), live Slovenia (Ljubljana Jazz Festival), 6/15/22
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
2022
Friday, July 15th
what’s new
Usher, live, Washington, D.C., 6/30/22
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
2022
Thursday, July 14th
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch Trio (JB, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Mike Pride, drums), live, New York, 2019
2022
Wednesday, July 13th
sounds of Ukraine
Jerry Heil, Alyona Alyona, Ela, “Kupala,” 7/7/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Tuesday, July 12th
another take
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations, excerpt (Aria); Peter Serkin (1947-2020, piano), live, Japan (Hiroshima), 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
A butterfly
flutters past—my body feels
the dust of ages—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2022
Monday, July 11th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations; Evgeni Koroliov (1949-, piano), live, Germany (Leipzig), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, June 10th
Aretha testifies!
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), “Climbing Higher Mountains” (with Rev. James Cleveland [1931-1991, piano, vocals]; Southern California Community Choir), live, Los Angeles (New Temple Missionary Baptist Church), 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2022
Saturday, July 9th
what’s new
Moor Mother, “Jazz Codes” Film (with excerpts from the newly released album), published 7/1/22
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lagniappe
reading table
My religion makes no sense
and does not help me
Therefore I pursue it—Anne Carson (1950-), from “My Religion”
2022
Friday, July 8th
sounds of London
Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings, tenor saxophone; Theon Cross, tuba; Tom Skinner, drums; Eddie Hick, drums), live (“Pick Up Your Burning Cross,” “Think of Home,” “In Remembrance of Those Fallen,” “Throughout the Madness, Stay Strong”), London, 2022
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day 