Sunday, January 23rd
back to church
“Look away in the middle of the air,” live, Rock Hill, S.C. (Nazareath Baptist Church), 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2022
Saturday, January 22nd
voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame), tenor saxophone
“Oleo” (S. Rollins) with Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone), Willie Pickens (piano), Dan Shapera (bass), Robert Shy (drums), Chicago (Chicago Jazz Festival), 1988
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With John Young (1922-2008, piano), et al., live (radio broadcast), late 1970s
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“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” (E. Maschwitz & M. Sherwin) with Jodie Christian (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), live, Harrisburg, Penn., 1994
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“I Can’t Get Started” (V. Duke, I. Gershwin), live, Belgium, 1992
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“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (R. Rodgers, L. Hart) with Mike Allemena (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), Michael Raynor (drums), live, Chicago (Mandel Hall, University of Chicago), 2011
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lagniappe
my back pages
On a cold, snowy night forty-five years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Von Freeman and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony, during (as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after. All of what they played that night (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More,” “In a Sentimental Mood,” “My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”) can be heard here (0:15-).
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Friday, January 21st
only rock ‘n’ roll
Carl Perkins (1932-1998), “Honey Don’t” (C. Perkins), live (TV show), 1956
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Sight of that mountain
makes me forget
I’m getting old—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
2022
Thursday, January 20th
timeless
Anthony Braxton Trio (AB, 1945-, alto saxophone; George Lewis, 1952-, trombone; Mark Dresser, 1952-, bass), live, Antwerp (Belgium), 1985
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Wednesday, January 19th
what’s new
Bill Frisell (1951-, guitar) and Julian Lage (1987-, guitar), “Days of Wine and Roses” (H. Mancini, J. Mercer), live, Lincoln, Mass., 12/1/21
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, January 18th
more
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto in A-minor (BWV 1041); Frankfurt Radio Symphony (Philippe Herreweghe, cond.) with Vilde Frang (violin), live, Frankfurt (Germany), 12/3/21
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, January 17th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 3 for Violin in E major; Hilary Hahn (violin), live, published 1/4/22
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, January 16th
back to church
“Who Built That Ark”
Union Baptist Church – Newport, Rock Hill, S.C., live, 1991
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, January 15th
passings
Stephen Sondheim, composer, March 22, 1930–November 26, 2021
Terry Teachout, critic (among other things), February 6, 1956–January 13, 2022 (this was his “favorite Sondheim,” according to Scott Simon on this morning’s Weekend Edition Saturday [NPR])
Bernadette Peters, “Not a Day Goes By” (Merrily We Roll Along), live, London, 1998
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lagniappe
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, January 14th
Feel like losing yourself in a new sound-world?
Nina Kraviz (DJ), live, Austin, Tx., 2021
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 