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Mars Williams presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4 (Night 1) (Mars Williams, tenor saxophone, toy instruments; Josh Berman, cornet; Jim Baker, piano, viola, ARP synthesizer; Krzysztof Pabian, bass; Brian Sandstrom, bass, guitar, trumpet; Steve Hunt, drums; Peter Maunu, violin), live (performance begins at 3:45), Chicago (Constellation), last night

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other day, Chicago

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Such a moon—
the thief
pauses to sing.

—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto

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Friday, December 18th

Remember holiday cheer?

Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) featuring Tivon Pennicott (tenor saxophone) and Alphonso Horne (trumpet), live, 12/14/20

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Thursday, December 17th

two takes

“Coming on the Hudson” (T. Monk)

Thelonious Monk (piano), live (studio), Paris, 1969

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Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass; Roy Haynes, drums), live, New York, 1958

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other day, outside Chicago (Glen Ellyn)

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Wednesday, December 16th

alone

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Triadic Memories (1981); Louis Goldstein (piano), 2000

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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Monday, December 14th

alone

Why not begin the week in an abandoned French castle?

Hélène Vogelsinger, “Reminiscence,” live, France, published 11/5/20

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Because there is no me
and because I feel
how much there is no me.

—Anna Swir (1909-1984), “A Double Rapture” (translated from Polish by Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan)

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Sunday, December 13th

another take

“Mary Don’t You Weep” (trad.), Caravans (feat. Inez Andrews), 1958

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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The Star’s whole secret – in the Lake –
Eyes were not meant to know.

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 450 (Franklin)

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Friday, December 11th

more

Ela Minus, live (“Porch Song [by Jesse and Forever]/Jamaica”), New York, 2016

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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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Who has not found the Heaven – below –
Will fail of it above –
For Angels rent the House next ours,
Wherever we remove –

—Emily Dickinson, 1609 (Franklin)

Happy (belated) birthday, Emily (b. December 10, 1830).