Happy Birthday!
Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955, alto saxophone) with Fats Navarro (trumpet), Bud Powell (piano), Art Blakey (drums), et al., recorded live at Birdland (NYC) on May 15-16, 1950*
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Today it’s all Bird all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
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*Complete information regarding personnel and compositions can be found here.
One-word review: Wow!
The Leaders (Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Chico Freeman, 1949-, tenor saxophone [son of MCOTD Hall of Famer Von Freeman]; Arthur Blythe, 1940-2017, alto saxophone; Kirk Lightsey, 1937-, piano; Cecil McBee, 1935-, bass; Famadou Don Moye, 1946-, drums), live (“Luna,” C. Freeman; “Blues on the Bottom,” C. McBee; “Heaven Dance,” K. Lightsey), Vienna, c. 1989 (published 8/20/25)
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other day, outside Chicago
alone
Jimmy Rowles (1918-1996, piano), “Poor Butterfly” (J. Golden, R. Hubbell), live, New Orleans, 1982
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Only: sing.
—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “An Untitled Dream Song” (New York Review of Books, 8/21/25)
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Marcus Gilmore (drums) with David Virelles (piano), Petros Klampanis (bass), “Cape Stride” (M. Gilmore), live, Greece (Athens), 2023
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
basement jukebox
Arlene Bell & The Kenyattas, “There’s Something Wrong With You,” 1977
sounds of Chicago
DJ Pierre (aka Nathaniel Pierre Jones, 1965-), live, Chicago, published 7/18/25
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
There are a handful of pianists whose performances I jump on immediately, no matter the piece. He’s one.
Daniil Trifonov (1991-), piano: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), “The Sleeping Beauty,” Op. 66 (Transcr. Pletnev), IV. Andante, published 7/26/25
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
sounds of Scotland
Brìghde Chaimbeul (bagpipes, with John McSherr [Uilleann Pipes], Francis McIlduff [Uilleann Pipes], Jamie Murphy [Uilleann Pipes]), “Sguabag/The Sweeper” (Trad.), 2025
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timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. R.H. Harris, James H. Medlock), “One Day,” 1947
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like nothing else
Tony Malaby (saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Daniel Levin (cello), “New Artifacts,” recorded live (New York), 2015
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this morning, Oak Park, Illinois
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