Monday, January 19th
timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Norway (University of Oslo), 12/10/64
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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2023
Monday, January 16th
sounds of New York
Subtle, inventive, empathic: she’s one of my favorite saxophonists.
Ingrid Laubrock (1970-, tenor and soprano saxophones), Brandon Lopez (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 2022
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lagniappe
timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
2021
Monday, January 18th
sounds of Chicago
Larry Gray (bass), live (improvisations), Chicago, 2020
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yesterday, Chicago
*****
timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
2020
Monday, January 20th
This voice I could listen to all day, even if I didn’t understand a word of English. He doesn’t speak—he sings.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
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Another take, with Max Roach (1924-2007, drums).
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Monday, January 21st
He didn’t just speak—he sang.
Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” (excerpt)
Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
2015
Monday, January 19th
He didn’t just speak—he sang.
Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” (excerpt)
Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
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Interview with MLK adviser and speechwriter Clarence B. Jones, 2013
2014
Monday, January 20th
Some people make music even when they speak.
Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
Reading this, instead of hearing it, would be like reading a transcription of a spellbinding saxophone solo.
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