this week in Chicago
They’re playing through Sunday at the Jazz Showcase.
Miguel Zenón (1976-, alto saxophone, composition) with Luis Perdomo (piano), Hans Glawischnig (bass), Henry Cole, (drums), “Taínos y Caribes” (M. Zenón), live (studio), 2022
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sounds of Chicago
Barrett Sisters, “I’ll Fly Away” (Albert E. Brumley), live, 1990, Chicago (Quinn Chapel)
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random thoughts
Whatever you think life is, it isn’t.
Who says words can’t dance?
Jungle Brothers, live (studio: “Brain,” “Straight Out the Jungle,” “Beads on a String,” “Jungle Brother”), Seattle, 2/22/23
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How about something quiet, delicate, beautiful?
Jürg Frey (1953-), Extended Circular Music No. 8 (2014): Klaus Lang (organ); Ranjevš & Óbasz (Jakub Švejnar, percussion; Štefan Szabó, electric guitar); Prague Quiet Music Collective (Anna Paulová, clarinet, bass clarinet; Milan Jakeš, violin; Luan Gonçalves, bass; Ian Mikyska, string and wind instruments), live, Prague, 2022
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never enough
Hearing the right music at the right time can alter the trajectory of your day, as I found, again, yesterday, listening to this.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano
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sounds of Johannesburg
Kebra Ethiopia Sound System, live, Johannesburg (South Africa), 4/6/23
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sounds of Chicago
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Father, I’m Coming Home,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1968
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sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar, keyboards, electronics, compositions) with Diego López de Arcaute (drums, percussion), live, Buenos Aires (CCK [Centro Cultural Kirchner]), 2022
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basement jukebox
Bobby Womack (1944-2014), “Across 110th Street” (B. Womack, J. J. Johnson), 1973
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back to church
“I Came to Jesus as I Was,” Citywide Hymn Choir of Charlotte, N.C., live, Charlotte (Antioch Baptist Church), published 2021
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