sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011) & The Jessy Dixon Singers, “Wait On Jesus,” live, Chicago (Jubilee Showcase), 1969
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This road—
no one goes down it,
autumn evening.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
sounds of Chicago
Loretta Oliver with Milton Brunson (1929-1997) and the Thompson Community Singers (with Jessy Dixon [1938-2011], organ), “Joy Will Come in the Morning,” live, 1964
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon, et al., “Praise Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1974
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011) and The Jessy Dixon Singers, “Wait on Jesus,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
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random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Chicago Community Choir (with Rev. Milton Brunson [1929-1997, direction, vocals], Jessy Dixon [1938-2011, vocals, piano], et al.), “I’ll Tell It,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1966
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Music avoids impossibility.
—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “Anew” (section 2)
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011) with Vernon Oliver Price and Loretta Oliver, “There Is No Failure in God” (M. Brunson), live, Chicago (Liberty Baptist Church), 2007
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Chicago Community Choir with Jessy Dixon (vocals, organ), Rev. Milton Brunson (vocals, choir direction), et al., 1960s
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random sights
other night, Chicago (West Armitage)
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011) with the Chicago Community Choir, Shirley Bell, Betty Lester, Mary Shurn, live, Chicago
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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(Taking a break—back in a while.)
sounds of Chicago
Jubilee Showcase (TV show), Chicago, 1963-1984
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011), “I Am Redeemed” (J. Dixon), live, Chicago, 1999
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (subway), 1980
