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2025

Wednesday, March 26th

sounds of Chicago

Rob Mazurek — Exploding Star Orchestra (RM [1965-], director, trumpets, bells, voice, compositions; Nicole Mitchell, flute, voice, electronics; Damon Locks, voice, words, samplers, electronics; Tomeka Reid, cello, electronics; Craig Taborn, wurlitzer electric piano, moog, electronics; Angelica Sanchez, wurlitzer electric piano, moog; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass; Chad Taylor, drums; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live, Chicago (Adler Planetarium), 2023

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other day, Oak Park, Illinois

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2023

Thursday, February 9th

sounds of New York

Edwin Torres (voice), Fred Moten (voice), Brandon Lopez (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 2019

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yesterday, Chicago

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2023

Saturday, February 4th

like nothing else

Live (performance begins at 4:30), New York and San Diego, 2/2/23

New York: Fay Victor (voice), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone)

San Diego: Michael Dessen (trombone), Joshua White (piano), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums)

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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We are the main character in the story of our life, and we claim our story is absolutely true, but it’s always edited, if not entirely false.

—author Aleksandar Hemon (1964-, interview), New City, February 2023

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2022

Thursday, December 1st

sounds of Chicago

Fred Moten (voice, words), Brandon Lopez (bass), Gerald Cleaver (percussion, voice), live, Chicago, 10/21/22

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Monday, September 19th

sounds of New York

Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 9/16/22

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art beat: more

William Klein (1926-2022), Dance in Brooklyn, 1955

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2022

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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The melody! the rest is accessory: . . .

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

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2021

Wednesday, January 6th

what’s new

James Brandon Lewis (tenor saxophone), Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Gerald Cleaver (drums), playing (then discussing) a set “inspired by the music of Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, and Grover Washington Jr.” (YouTube commentary), last night, New York

 

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2021

Tuesday, January 5th

sounds of New York

When the world is making no sense, what a relief to hear a new language.

Tony Malaby (saxophones), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 2015

 

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2020

Saturday, October 17th

what’s new

William Parker Trio (WP, bass; Ava Mendoza, guitar; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live (performance begins at 3:10), New York (live-streamed by Skopje Jazz Festival, North Macedonia), 10/15/20

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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Now is the time to experiment, and there is no choice but to experiment.

—Gustavo Dudamel (1981-), Music & Artistic Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic (quoted in Alex Ross, “The L.A. Philharmonic’s Emotional Return to an Empty Hollywood Bowl,” New Yorker, 9/28/20)

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2019

Monday, April 1st

3 x 2 x X = ?

Tomas Fujiwara (drums, composition) with Gerald Cleaver (drums), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), “Blueberry Eyes,” live (studio), New Haven, Conn., 2017

 

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random sights

yesterday, Forest Park, Ill.

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