sounds of Slovenia
Jure Pukl (tenor saxophone, composition), Peter Evans (trumpet), Joe Sanders (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), live Slovenia (Ljubljana Jazz Festival), 6/15/22
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random sights
this morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
what’s new
Usher, live, Washington, D.C., 6/30/22
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this morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch Trio (JB, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Mike Pride, drums), live, New York, 2019
sounds of Ukraine
Jerry Heil, Alyona Alyona, Ela, “Kupala,” 7/7/22
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yesterday, Chicago
Aretha testifies!
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), “Climbing Higher Mountains” (with Rev. James Cleveland [1931-1991, piano, vocals]; Southern California Community Choir), live, Los Angeles (New Temple Missionary Baptist Church), 1972
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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
what’s new
Moor Mother, “Jazz Codes” Film (with excerpts from the newly released album), published 7/1/22
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reading table
My religion makes no sense
and does not help me
Therefore I pursue it—Anne Carson (1950-), from “My Religion”
alone
György Ligeti (1923-2006), Étude No. 13 (L’escalier du diable / The Devil’s Staircase); Pierre-Laurent Aimard (1957-, piano), 2017
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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
sounds of Detroit
Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), “Never Grow Old” (Re-Plant), 2014
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reading table
He walked in awe
In awe of light
At nightfall, not at dawn
Whatever he saw
Receding from sight
In the sky’s afterglow
Was what he wanted
To see, to know—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Enlightenment”
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Blasters, “American Music” (D. Alvin), live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
more
Miles Davis (1926-1991, trumpet), Gary Bartz (1940-, saxophones), Chick Corea (1941-2021, keyboards), Keith Jarrett (1945-, keyboards), Dave Holland (1946-, bass), Jack DeJohnette (1942-, drums), Airto Moreira (1941-, percussion), live, England (Isle of Wight Festival), 1970
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
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