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Monday, June 16th

Ornette, at 84, still plays some of the most haunting blues I’ve ever heard.

Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone), with Henry Threadgill (alto saxophone), David Murray (tenor saxophone), Savion Glover (tap dance), et al., live, New York (Prospect Park), 6/12/14

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With Don Cherry (trumpet), Charlie Haden (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959

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Bruce Davidson (1933-), East 100th St., New York, 1966

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Monday, 2/20/12

My political platform?

Dancing in the White House every day.

Savion Glover and his NYOTs (Not Your Ordinary Tappers: Omar Edwards, Abron Glover, Jason Samuels, Ayodele Casel), White House, 1998

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musical thoughts

[D]ance first and think afterwards . . . . It’s the natural order.

—Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1953, 1955 [English language premiere])

(Quote originally posted 1/1/11.)