Friday, August 2nd
Fela!
Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra, Seun Kuti, Egypt 80, “Upside Down” (Fela Kuti), live, published April 4, 2024
music clip of the day
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Tag: music clip of the day
2024
Thursday, August 1st
sounds of Chicago
Muhal Richard Abrams Sextet (MRA [1930-2017], keyboards; Henry Threadgill, reeds [1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame]; Kalaparusha [Maurice McIntyre], reeds [1936-2013]; Wallace McMillan, reeds [1941-]; Reggie Willis, bass; Steve McCall, drums [1933-1989]), live, Berlin, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Tuesday, July 30th
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “Love,” live, France (Marciac), 7/23/24
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Sunday, July 28th
timeless
Harmonizing Four (feat. Jimmy Jones), “I Shall Not Be Moved,” 1955 (both takes)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Saturday, July 27th
timeless
Percy Mayfield (1920-1984), “Life Is Suicide” (P. Mayfield), 1951
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Sunday, July 21st
timeless
Pilgrim Travelers, “I’ve Got a Mother Gone Home,” 1951
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Sunday, July 14th
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Too Close to Heaven,” live, Georgia (Albany), 1980s
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Friday, July 12th
sounds of Chicago
Fred Moten (voice, words)/Brandon Lopez (bass), live, Chicago, 6/5/24
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lagniappe
reading table
Cut down, yes
But rooted still
What stumps compress
No axe can kill—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), from “Survival”
2024
Sunday, July 7th
This guy, even after 50 years, I never tire of hearing.
Just one note and I’m hooked, again.
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Holiness Is What I Long For,” live, Louisville, Ky., 2017
2024
Saturday, July 6th
two takes
“Crying” (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison (1936-1988), 1961
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Julian Lage (1987-, guitar), live, Chicago, 2022
