sounds of Romania
Lucian Ban (piano) & Mat Maneri (viola), “My Husband / Poor Is My Heart” (Transylvanian folk songs from the Béla Bartók Field Recordings of the early 20th Century), live, Bucharest (Romanian Anthenaeum, 1888), 2025
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
like nothing else
Miles Davis (with Pete Cosey, electric guitar, percussion [early AACM member]; Dave Liebman, soprano saxophone; Michael Henderson, bass; Reggie Lucas, electric guitar; Al Foster, drums; James Mtume, congas, percussion, rhythm box, water drum), live (“Turnaroundphrase,” “Tune in 5,” “Ife,” “Right Off [Jack Johnson Theme],” “Funk,” “Calypso Frelimo”), Vienna, 1973
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what’s new
Massive Attack, Tom Waits, “Boots on the Ground,” published today
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Ramon Lazkano (1968-), A Glitch at the Edge (2023); Grossman Ensemble, live, Chicago, 2023 (premiere)
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timeless
Duke Ellington (1899-1974; piano, composition) & Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967; piano, composition) with Joe Shulman (1923-1957, bass), “In a Blue Summer Garden,” rec. 1950 (New York)
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
like nobody else
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, viola), live, Atlanta, 1999
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sounds of New York
Adam Rudolph Sunrise Quartet (Adam Rudolph [drums, electronic processing, etc.]; Alexis Marcelo [piano, electric keyboards, percussion]; Kaoru Watanabe [taiko, alto, noh kan and fue flutes, electric koto and processing, percussion]; Stephen Haynes [conch shells, cornets, flugelhorns, trumpet, didgeridoos, percussion], live (Moment One), New York, 9/15/24
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other day, Chicago
sounds of joy
Drummers Johnny Vidacovich, Stanton Moore (former JV student), Brian Blade (same), et al., “Well You Needn’t” (Thelonious Monk), live, New Orleans, published 2017
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other day, Chicago
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, live (“Travel,” “Thus Sayeth The Lorde,” “Love,” “Virgo,” “Outside Your Door”), Washington, D.C., 6/18/24
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks“, through 9/22/24)
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), New York, Night (1928-29), detail
timeless
Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931, piano, composition), “In a Mist,” rec. 1927 (New York)
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