sounds of Chicago
Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991, vocals, piano), featuring Inez Andrews (1929-2012, vocals), “Soldiers in the Army,” live, Chicago (Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church), 1981
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
testify!
Albertina Walker (1929-2010), “Lord, Keep Me Day by Day” (E. Williams), live (Rev. James Cleveland’s Funeral/Homegoing Celebration), 1991
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Illinois
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
timeless
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018, voice, piano) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991, voice, piano), Southern California Community Choir, et al., live, New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
Aretha testifies
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) with Rev. James Cleveland (1942-2018), et al., live, Los Angeles, 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
This track, even after forty years, I never tire of hearing.
Albertina Walker (1929-2010) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), “Please Be Patient with Me” (J. Cleveland), live, Chicago, 1979 (Please Be Patient with Me)
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langiappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
Aretha testifies
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), “Climbing Higher Mountains” (with Rev. James Cleveland), live, Los Angeles, 1972
three takes
“God Has Smiled on Me”
Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), live, Oh Happy Day, 2004
*****
Lester Bowie (1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame), with Amina Claudine Myers (piano, vocals), Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone), Malachi Favors (bass), Phillip Wilson (drums), 1978
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Don Pullen (piano), George Adams (tenor saxophone), live, Italy (Perugia), 1984
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lagniappe
reading table
mountain temple—
deep under snow
a bell—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
testify!
Albertina Walker, Rev. James Cleveland, et al., “If I Perish,” live
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
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