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Friday, April 22nd

Happy 100th Birthday, Charles!

Charles Mingus Sextet (CM, 4/22/1922–1/5/1979, bass, compositions; Eric Dolphy, 1928-1964, alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan, 1931-1993, tenor saxophone; Johnny Coles, 1925-1987, trumpet; Jaki Byard, 1922-1999, piano; Dannie Richmond, 1931-1988, drums), (live, Belgium,* Norway,** Sweden,*** 1964

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radio

All Mingus, all day (tomorrow, too): WKCR-FM (Columbia University).

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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*”So Long Eric,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Meditations on Integration”

**”So Long Eric,” “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk,” “Parkeriana,” “Take The ‘A’ Train”

***”So Long Eric” (performance and rehearsal), “Meditations on Integration” (performance and rehearsal)

Thursday, April 21st

sounds of New York

John Zorn (1953-, alto saxophone), Tyshawn Sorey (1980-, drums), live, 2011

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Wednesday, April 20th

basement jukebox

Ray Charles (193–2004, vocals, piano), “I Don’t Need No Doctor” (N. Ashford, V. Simpson, J. Armstead), 1966

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other day, Chicago

Tuesday, April 19th

never enough

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 1 in B minor; Gidon Kremer (1947-, violin), live, Austria (Lockenhaus), 2006

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, April 18th

sounds of New York

Mat Maneri (viola), Gerald Cleaver (drums), Brandon Lopez, (bass), live, New York, 4/16/22

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reading table

The melody! the rest is accessory: . . .

—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “A”-6

Sunday, April 17th

sounds of New Orleans

Doreen Ketchens (clarinet, voice), et al., “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (trad.), live, New Orleans, 2010

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Saturday, April 16th

more

Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000, piano, direction), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, live, Munich (Germany), 1986: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 23 in D minor (K466), excerpts

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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

Friday, April 15th

sounds of Mali and all over

Fatoumata Diawara, live (“”Kanou Dan Yen,” “Nterini,” “Negue Negue”), Italy (Como), published 2/3/22

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I think of you daily and feel anxious lest we lose our old backward and forward flow that always seems to open me up and bring color and peace.

–Robert Lowell (1917-1977), letter (3/10/1963) to Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) (Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell)

Thursday, April 14th

more

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982, piano) with Philly Joe Jones (1923-1985, drums), et al., “Nutty,” (T. Monk) live, Paris, 1969

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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

Wednesday, April 13th

timeless

1909?

Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5), 1909; Telegraph Quartet, live, 2018

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yesterday, Chicago