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Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone, composition), Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), “Grammy Season,” published 3/31/23
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yesterday, Chicago
passings
Carla Bley, composer, pianist, arranger, bandleader, May 11, 1936–October 17, 2023
Carla Bley Big Band (CB, piano, compositions), live, Paris, 1988
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Western Sahara
Group Doueh, live, New Jersey (Jersey City), 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Shira Legmann (piano), live, Boston, 2011
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voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano), Charlie Haden (1937-2014, bass), Paul Motian (1931-2011, drums), “Lonely Woman” (Ornette Coleman), 1988
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reading table
passing through one day—
they let me listen
to their phonograph—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson
sounds of New York
Being & Becoming (Peter Evans [trumpets, compositions], Joel Ross [vibraphone, electronics], Nick Jozwiak [bass, electronics], Michael Ode [drums]), “Malibu,” live, New York, 9/10/23
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Today, in celebration of the birthday of Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti (1938-1997), it’s all Fela all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
sounds of Memphis
Lula Collins, “Hold Out (Keep the Faith),” Memphis, 1970s
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other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
Happy Birthday, Thelonious!
Thelonious Monk (10/10/1917–2/17/1982, piano, compositions) with Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Butch Warren (b), Frankie Dunlop (drums), live (TV show: “Evidence,” “Blue Monk,” Just a Gigolo” [L. Casucci, J. Brammer, I. Caesar], “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues,” “Epistrophy”), Tokyo, 1963
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Today it’s all Monk all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
sounds of Detroit
Detroit: The Blueprint of Techno (with Terrence Parker, Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, et al.), 1990s
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other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
sounds of Memphis
Lula Collins, “Blessed Jesus,” live, Memphis, 1970s
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