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2024

Saturday, March 23rd

sounds of New York

Ches Smith & Laugh Ash (CS, electronics, drums, percussion; Shara Lunon, voice and vocal processing, lyrics; Anna Webber, flute; Oscar Noriega, clarinets; James Brandon Lewis, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Jennifer Choi, violin; Kyle Armbrust, viola; Michael Nicolas, cello; Shahzad Ismaily, bass, Moog), live, New York, 3/20/24

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art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)

Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #3 (1974), detail

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2023

Sunday, May 21st

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James Brandon Lewis (tenor saxophone), “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” live Denver

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Lurie Garden)

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2023

Saturday, May 13th

sounds of New York

James Brandon Lewis’ Red Lily Quartet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Kirk Knuffke, cornet; William Parker, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2022

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Tuesday, August 9th

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James Brandon Lewis Trio (JBL [1983-, tenor saxophone, composition], et al.), “Raise Up Off Me,” live, New York, 3/9/22

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reading table

I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;

I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past
into the present

(which amounts to the same thing)

—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Pretty Little” (Conjure, 2020)

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2022

Saturday, August 6th

what’s new

James Brandon Lewis (1983-, tenor saxophone, composition), “Fear Not” (feat. The Messthetics), published 7/26/22

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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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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random sights

other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2020

Monday, August 17th

what’s new

James Brandon Lewis (tenor saxophone) and Chad Taylor (mbira, drums), live, New York (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 8/8/20

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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2019

Saturday, October 19th

sounds of New York

James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Ava Mendoza, guitar; Luke Stewart, bass; Warren G. Crudup III, drums), live, New York, 5/16/19

 

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago

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2019

Thursday, August 29th

sounds of New York

James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Anthony Pirog, guitar; Luke Stewart, bass; Warren G. Crudup III, drums), live, New York, 6/15/19

 

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random sights

this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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