Sunday, February 20th
back to church
“Gonna Die in the Field of Battle,” live, Boyd Hill Baptist Church, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2022
Saturday, February 19th
basement jukebox
Roy Montrell (1928-1979), “(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone,” 1956
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, February 18th
sounds of Chicago
Ben Lamar Gay, “Oh Great Be the Lake” (B. Gay), published 10/6/21 (Open Arms to Open Us, 2021)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, February 17th
sounds of Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, direction), live, Paris, 2015: Helmut Lachenmann (1935-), Mouvement (-Vor der Erstarrung), 1984
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lagniappe
reading table
A dry riverbed
glimpsed
by lightning.—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass
2022
Wednesday, February 16th
like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, composition, sopranino saxophone) with James Fei (electronics), Thomas Bruckner (voice), Ostravská Banda, “Distant Radio Transmission,” 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, February 15th
sounds of New York
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, drums, compositions; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2022
Monday, February 14th
like nobody else
Henry Threadgill (1944-, Pulitzer Prize Winner [Music, 2016], MCOTD Hall of Fame), Sixfivetwo (2018); Mivos Quartet, live, Vienna, 7/1/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, February 13th
timeless
Harmonizing Four of Richmond, “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), early 1960s
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Excavation (1950)
2022
Saturday, February 12th
passings
Syl Johnson, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, July 1, 1936–February 6, 2022
“Different Strokes,” 1967
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“Is It Because I’m Black” (S. Johnson, et al.), 1969
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“Take Me to the River” (A. Green, M. Hodges), 1975
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, February 11th
what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Jose Davila (tuba), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, last night
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random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day 