voices I miss
Albert Collins (1932-1993, vocals, guitar), “Cold, Cold Feeling” (J. M. Robinson), live, 1981
*****
another take
Ice Pickin’ (Alligator Records), 1978
(This track, which I co-produced nearly 50 years ago, lives on through streaming, with over 17 million plays on Spotify.)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Jamaica
Rocksteady classical love songs (7 inch vinyl mix), Soul Skankin’ (DJ), 2015
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my back pages
On a cold, snowy night forty-seven years ago, at a church thirty miles north of Chicago, my wife, Suzanne, and I were married. Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (1923-2012) and pianist John Young (1922-2008) provided the music, playing before the ceremony (“Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More”); during (Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” [unaccompanied saxophone], as Suzanne walked down the aisle), and after (“My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father”). All of what they played that night can be heard here (0:14-).
basement jukebox
Rev. Butler & Religious Five, “Move These Things”
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other night, outside Chicago
what’s new
Moor Mother, “GUILTY” (feat. Lonnie Holley, Raia Was), 1/19/24
timeless
Shirley Scott (1934-2002, organ) with Harold Vick (1936-1987, tenor saxophone), Billy Higgins (1936-2001, drums), Jimmy Hopps (1939-, cowbell), “Keep On Movin’ On” (H. Vick), rec. 1974 (One for Me [Strata-East], 1975)
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*****
reading table
Drooping
in this upside-down world,
a bamboo in the snow.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Tom Lowenstein
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Rich Man, Poor Man,” live, 2014
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sounds of New York
James Francies (keyboards) with Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone), Tyshawn Sorey (drums), “My Favorite Things” (R. Rodgers), live, New York, 6/23/23
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like nobody else
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (1923-2023, piano), “The Homeless Wanderer” (T. Guèbrou), from Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo (anthology), 2006
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timeless
Soul Stirrers, “All Right Now” (feat. Julius Cheeks, Sam Cooke), 1954
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sounds of Chicago
Jamila Woods, “Tiny Garden,” 2023
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