like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, composition, sopranino saxophone) with James Fei (electronics), Thomas Bruckner (voice), Ostravská Banda, “Distant Radio Transmission,” 2019
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, drums, compositions; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 2019
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random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
like nobody else
Henry Threadgill (1944-, Pulitzer Prize Winner [Music, 2016], MCOTD Hall of Fame), Sixfivetwo (2018); Mivos Quartet, live, Vienna, 7/1/21
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Harmonizing Four of Richmond, “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), early 1960s
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Excavation (1950)
passings
Syl Johnson, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, July 1, 1936–February 6, 2022
“Different Strokes,” 1967
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“Is It Because I’m Black” (S. Johnson, et al.), 1969
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“Take Me to the River” (A. Green, M. Hodges), 1975
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Jose Davila (tuba), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, last night
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other day, Chicago
another take
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 (1894)
Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989), live, New York (Carnegie Hall), 1968
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yesterday, Chicago
voices I miss
Here, three weeks before dying from lung cancer, he’s bursting with life.
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin), live (Dewey Redman Memorial), New York, 2/4/07
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reading table
Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
like nobody else
John Zorn’s Acoustic Masada (JZ, 1953-, alto saxophone, compositions; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums), live, Vienne (France), 2006
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Nikolai Lugansky (1972-, piano), live, Ivanovka (Russia): Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Etudes, Op. 8 (1894-95), Nos. 2 (F-sharp minor), 4 (B major), 10 (D-flat major), 11 (B-flat minor), 12 (D-sharp minor)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 