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2022

Saturday, January 1st

like nobody else

James Brown (1933-2006), live, Paris, 1968

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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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You shout from the other room
You ask me how to spell boogie-woogie
And instantly I think what luck
no war has been declared
no fire has consumed
our city’s monuments
our bodies our dwellings

The river didn’t flood
no friends
have been arrested
It’s only boogie-woogie
I sigh relieved
and say it’s spelled just like it sounds
boogie-woogie

—Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021), “Boogie-Woogie” (translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh)

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2021

Friday, December 31st

what’s new

Arooj Aftab (vocals) with Darian Donovan Thomas (violin), Shahzad Ismaily (bass, synthesizer), Gyan Riley (guitar), Maeve Gilchrist (harp), live (“Suroor,” “Mohabbat,” “Saans Lo”), New York (Brooklyn), published 12/8/21

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2021

Thursday, December 30th

spellbinding

Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live, Verbier (Switzerland), 2012: Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Eight Études (Op. 10, No. 11; Op. 10, No. 6; Op. 25, No. 1; Op. 25, No. 5; Op. 10, No. 5; Op. 25, No. 6; Op. 25, No. 7; Op. 25, No. 11)

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Look, look greedily,
when dusk approaches,
look insatiably,
look without fear.

—Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021), from “Mountains” (translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh)

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2021

Wednesday, December 29th

sounds of New York (and all over)

Jazz Libre, live, New York, 11/12/21

1st set: Willy Rodriguez’s Exploraciones Ponceñas’ (Willy Rodriguez, drums; Dezron Douglas, bass; Santiago Leibson, piano;Yoni Kretzmer, tenor saxophone)

2nd set: William Parker’s Southern Satellites (WP, bass; Francisco Mela, drum set; Isaiah Barr, tenor saxophone; Dario Gomez, voice, percussion; Oscar Pena, tambora; Isaiah Parker, piano)

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2021

Tuesday, December 28th

like nothing else

Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin) and Abdul Wadud (1947-, cello), live (“Straight Ahead,” “Free at Last”), Italy (Cremona), 1979

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2021

Monday, December 27th

basement jukebox

Guitar Slim (aka Eddie Jones, 1926-1959, vocals, guitar), “The Things That I Used to Do” (E. Jones; arranged and produced by Ray Charles), 1953

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2021

Sunday, December 26th

like nobody else

Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “I Couldn’t Keep It to Myself,” live

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2021

Saturday, December 25th

sounds of Christmas

Bessie Smith (1894-1937) with Joe Smith (cornet), Charlie Green (trombone), Fletcher Henderson (piano), “At the Christmas Ball,” 1925

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Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929), “Christmas Eve Blues,” 1928


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Victoria Spivey (1906-1976) with Lonnie Johnson (guitar), “Christmas Morning Blues,” 1928


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Leroy Carr (1905-1935), “Christmas in Jail—Ain’t That a Pain,” 1929


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Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948), “Christmas Morning Blues,” 1938

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Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with Charles Brown (1922-1999, vocals, keyboards), “Merry Christmas, Baby,” 1947


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Lowell Fulson (1921-1999), “Lonesome Christmas (I & II),” 1950


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Sonny Boy Williamson II (AKA Alex or Aleck Miller, 1912-1965), “Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues,” 1951


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John Lee Hooker (1917-2001), “Blues for Christmas,” 1959

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2021

Friday, December 24th

what’s new

Norah Jones (vocals, keyboard) with Brian Blade (drums, vocals), Sasha Dobson (vocals), Gus Seyffert (bass, vocals), live (“Christmas In My Soul” [L. Nyro], “Christmastime,” “Run Rudolph Run,” “Blue Christmas,” “You’re Not Alone,” “Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones)”), New York, 12/9/21

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2021

Thursday, December 23rd

sounds of Chicago

Fresh Palette Ensemble (Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], drums, percussion, voice; Michael Zerang, drums, percussion; Joshua Abrams, bass; Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone; Aoki, taiko drums; Tatsu Aoki, shamisen, conduction; Zahra Glenda Baker, voice; Angel Bat Dawid, voice, clarinet, keyboards; Mai Sugimoto, reeds), live (performance begins at 13:30), Chicago, last night

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