Monday, August 17th
what’s new
James Brandon Lewis (tenor saxophone) and Chad Taylor (mbira, drums), live, New York (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 8/8/20
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other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
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Tag: music clip of the day
2020
Sunday, August 16th
This I could listen to all day.
Brother Theotis Taylor, “If I Could Just Hold Out ‘Til Tomorrow,” live, Atlanta, c. 1976
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other day, Chicago
2020
Saturday, August 15th
sounds in the dark
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Clarinet and String Quartet (1983); KOAN Quartet and Katie Porter (clarinet), live, Los Angeles, 2/15/20
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yesterday, Chicago
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reading table
In the beggar’s tin
a few thin copper coins
and this evening rain—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Friday, August 14th
what’s new
Flatbush Zombies, live (“when i’m gone,” “Palm Trees,” “Afterlife”), Los Angeles, published 8/13/20
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other day, Chicago
2020
Thursday, August 13th
sounds of all over
Negarit Band and Friends (Nick Mazzarella, alto saxophone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, Ethiopia (Fendika Cultural Center, Addis Ababa), published 5/13/20
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Wednesday, August 12th
sounds of New York
No Land (poems), Daniel Carter (trumpet, reeds), Joanna Mattrey (viola), Miriam Parker (movement), Chris Williams (trumpet), live, New York (Prospect Park), 7/31/20
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2020
Tuesday, August 11th
timeless
Herbie Nichols Trio (HN, 1919-1963, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art Taylor, drums), “The Third World” (H. Nichols), 1955
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2020
Monday, August 10th
two takes
“Cold, Cold Feeling” (J. M. Robinson)
T-Bone Walker (1910-1975, vocals, guitar), 1952
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Albert Collins (1932-1993, vocals, guitar), 1978
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my back pages
The other day, on Spotify, I saw that this track—something I co-produced in another life—had over 4 million plays. If someone had told me, when we were working on this album, that someday it would “stream” to millions of listeners, I would have wondered: What are you smoking?
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2020
Sunday, August 9th
back to church
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone), live, Texas (Roanoke), 2008
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
At the ancient pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Saturday, August 8th
Feeling inert?
Not anymore.
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), “Old New” (T. Reid), 2019
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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On these southern roads,
on shrine or thatched roof, all the same,
swallows everywhere—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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