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Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation (ME, alto saxophone; John Hébert, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums), live, New York, 2019
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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found words
YOUR CASHIER TODAY WAS SELF
—grocery store receipt
sounds of New York
Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation (ME, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, compositions; John Hébert, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums), live, New York, 2019
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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John Escreet Trio (JS, piano, compositions; John Hébert, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums, vibraphone), live, Amsterdam, 2014
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Listen carefully,
Neither the Vedas
Nor the Qur’an
Will teach you this:
Put the bit in its mouth,
The saddle on its back,
Your foot in the stirrup,
And ride your wild runaway mind
All the way to heaven.—Kabir (15th century), translated from Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
sounds of New York
Peter Evans’ Zebulon Trio (PE, trumpet; John Hebert, bass; Kassa Overall, drums), “Air Train,” live, New York (Jazz Gallery), 2013
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Note to self: cultivate lightness.
serendipity
Yesterday. Late afternoon, working on an old murder case. Happen upon this: windows open, letting in a breeze.
Mary Halvorson Quintet (MH, guitar, compositions; Jon Irabagon, alto saxophone; Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet; John Hebert, bass; Ches Smith, drums), “Love in Eight Colors,” “Hemorrhaging Smiles,” live, Washington, D.C., 2013
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reading table
From now on
it’s all clear profit,
every sky.—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), on his fiftieth birthday (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
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