Friday, July 17th
two takes
“My People . . . Hold On” (A. Poree, L. Caston Jr.)
Amber Mark (1993-), 6/18/20
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Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992), 1972
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
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2020
Thursday, July 16th
sounds of Mali and Paris
Salif Keita (1949-), “Cono,” live, Japan, 1990
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Another take.
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Wednesday, July 15th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Chris Corsano (drums), live, New York, 2014
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2020
Tuesday, July 14th
what’s new
How often does a drummer get equal billing?
Tom Misch (vocals, guitar) and Yussef Dayes (drums), “Night Rider,” “Tidal Wave,” published 7/13/20
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random sights
this morning, Chicago
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reading table
Rescue workers said there was little hope of finding any more survivors from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar that killed at least 170 people. Many of the dead were scouring the mine’s rubble for remnants of the gemstone.
—The Economist, 7/11/20
2020
Monday, July 13th
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock Sextet (IL, tenor saxophone, composition; Craig Taborn, piano; Miya Masaoka, koto; Dan Peck, tuba; Tyshawn Sorey, drums; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, New York, 2015
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, July 12th
basement jukebox
Joyful Gospel Singers, “Every Day Will Be Like Sunday”
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Saturday, July 11th
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (A Jackson, T. Matthews), 1971
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Friday, July 10th
alone
Not able to travel? Your ears can.
Keyvan Kalhor (1963-, setar), live, Iran (Tehran), 5/21/20
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
To what shall I compare
this life of ours?
Even before I can say
it is like a lightning flash
or a dewdrop
it is no more.—Sengai (1750–1837, Japanese Zen monk)
2020
Thursday, July 9th
sounds of New York
Joe Morris (guitar), Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone, preparations), Charmaine Lee (voice, electronics), live, New York, 2018
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.
—painter Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Washington Post, 7/7/20
2020
Wednesday, July 8th
like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, alto and soprano saxophone, composition) with Hugh Ragin (trumpet), Tyshawn Sorey (trombone), live, New York, 2015
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art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Chateau Noir (1903-04)
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