Saturday, January 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Artifacts Trio (Nicole Mitchell, flute; Tomeka Reid, cello; Mike Reed, drums, percussion), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night
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2021
Friday, January 22nd
sounds of Chicago
“Impressions” (J. Coltrane), Isaiah Collier (tenor saxophone), Ernest Dawkins (alto saxophone), James Carter (tenor saxophone), Greg Murphy (piano), Junius Paul (bass), Jeremiah Collier (drums), live, Chicago (Englewood Jazz Festival), 2019
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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my back pages
On a cold, snowy night forty-four years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Music was provided by tenor saxophonist Von Freeman and pianist John Young, both now gone. All of what they played that night—before the ceremony (“Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More”), during (“In a Sentimental Mood” [as Suzanne walked down the aisle]), and after (“My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”)—can be heard here (0:15-).
2021
Thursday, January 21st
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 3 in C major; Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), live, Austria (Salzburg), 2007
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a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
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Wednesday, January 20th
timeless
Bud Powell (1924-1966, piano) with Curly (aka Curley) Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums), “Un Poco Loco” (B. Powell), 1951
In the late 1980s, the renowned literary and cultural critic Harold Bloom included “Un Poco Loco” in his list of the most “sublime” works of twentieth-century American art (from his introduction to Modern Critical Interpretations: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow).
—Wikipedia
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Monday, January 18th
sounds of Chicago
Larry Gray (bass), live (improvisations), Chicago, 2020
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yesterday, Chicago
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timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
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Sunday, January 17th
sounds of Chicago
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002; MCOTD Hall of Fame) and the Original Gospel Harmonettes, “I Won’t Let Go” (D. Coates), live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase, 1963-1984]), Chicago
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Saturday, January 16th
sounds of New York
Cooper-Moore (piano), live, New York, 2018
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other day, Chicago
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Friday, January 15th
only rock ‘n’ roll
METZ, live (“Blind Youth Industrial Park,” “No Ceiling,” “Hail Taxi,” “Framed By The Comet’s Tail,” “A Boat To Drown In”), Toronto, 12/14/20
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yesterday, Chicago
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Thursday, January 14th
never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 31; Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997, piano), live, Moscow, 1991
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Wednesday, January 13th
timeless
Sleepy John Estes (1899 or 1900–1977; vocals, guitar), with Hammie Nixon (harmonica) and Charlie Pickett or Son Bond (guitar), “Floating Bridge” (J. Estes), 1937
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path)
