passings
Jack DeJohnette, drummer, pianist, composer, August 9, 1942 – October 26, 2025
Jack DeJohnette (drums) with MCOTD Hall-of-Famer Henry Threadgill (reeds), Roscoe Mitchell (reeds), Muhal Richard Abrams (piano), and Larry Gray (bass), Made in Chicago, 2015
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell [1940-], reeds, percussion); Joseph Jarman [1937-2019], reeds, percussion; Lester Bowie [1941-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame], trumpet, percussion; Malachi Favors [1927-2004], bass, percussion), live (TV show), France, 1970
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (documentary with Roscoe Mitchell [1940-, reeds, percussion], Joseph Jarman [1937-2019, reeds, percussion], Lester Bowie [1949-1999, trumpet, percussion; MCOTD Hall of Fame], Malachi Favors [1927-2004, bass, percussion], Don Moye [1946-, drums, percussion]), 1981
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, reeds, percussion; Joseph Jarman, reeds, percussion; Lester Bowie [MCOTD Hall of Fame], trumpet, percussion; Malachi Favors, bass, percussion; Don Moye, drums, percussion), live (“We-Bop,” “Promenade,” “On the Cote Bamako,” “Bedouin Village,” “New York Is Full of Lonely People,” “New Orleans,” “Funky AECO,” “Theme [Odwalla]”), Chicago (Jazz Showcase), 1981
(Taking a day off.)
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, 1940-, reeds; Joseph Jarman, 1937-2019, reeds; Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet [MCOTD Hall of Fame]; Malachi Favors, 1927-2004, bass, percussion; Don Moye, 1946-, drums, percussion), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1983
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
This performance, streamed Saturday during a fundraiser for Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio, is full of wonders, including a singing dog.
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, saxophones, percussion), performance begins at 1:04:25, streamed 8/14/21
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random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, 1940-, saxophones; Joseph Jarman, 1937-2019, saxophones, flute; Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Malachi Favors, 1927-2004, bass, percussion; Don Moye, 1946-, drums, percussion) with guests,* live (performance begins at 8:20), Switzerland (Lugano), 1993
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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*Amina Claudine Myers (organ, vocals), Frank Lacy (trombone), James Carter (tenor saxophone), Chicago Beau (harmonica, vocals), Herb Walker (guitar, vocals).
like nobody else
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, 1940-, saxophones; Joseph Jarman, 1937-2019, saxophones; Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Malachi Favors, 1927-2004, bass; Don Moye, 1946-, drums), “Ohnedaurth,” live, Berlin, 1991
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random sights
other day, Chicago
like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, alto and soprano saxophone, composition) with Hugh Ragin (trumpet), Tyshawn Sorey (trombone), live, New York, 2015
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art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Chateau Noir (1903-04)
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