passings
Henry Butler, pianist, singer, September 21, 1948-July 2, 2018
With Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, “Some Iko,” live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans
Eureka Brass Band, late 1950s
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 1959
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Second Liners at Mardi Gras, 1957
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Second Liners, 1961
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Young Tuxedo Bass Band, 1966
tonight in Chicago
These folks will be playing in Millennium Park, headlining the first night of the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9,* live, France (Clermont-Ferrand), 2014
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans, late 1950s
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*Henry Butler (piano, vocals), Steven Bernstein (trumpet), et al.
What better way to start the year than with the music of Sly Stone?
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra (Steven Bernstein, trumpet; John Medeski, organ, et al.), live, Paris, 2011
“Stand” (feat. Sandra St. Victor, vocals)
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“Everyday People” (feat. Eric Mingus, vocals)
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Still, after four decades, this album remains on my desert-island list.
Sly and the Family Stone, Fresh, 1973
1. In Time (0:00)
2. If You Want Me To Stay (5:48)
3. Let Me Have It All (8:48)
4. Frisky (11:43)
5. Thankful ‘N’ Thoughtful (14:54)
6. Skin I’m In (19:36)
7. I Don’t Know (Satisfaction) (22:29)
8. Keep On Dancin’ (26:23)
9. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (28:45)
10. If It Were Left Up To Me (34:07)
11. Babies Makin’ Babies (36:07)
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lagniappe
random thoughts: New Year’s resolution #5
Each day: begin, again.
sounds of New Orleans
Henry Butler (piano, vocals), Steven Bernstein (trumpet), Herlin Riley (drums), et al., “Some Iko,” recording session (Viper’s Drag, 2014)
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lagniappe
reading table
One must always fight back, not in the hope of winning but just to delay the moment of losing.
—Samantha Harvey, The Wilderness
sounds of joy
Sex Mob,* live, New York (Iridium), 2004
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
*Steven Bernstein, slide trumpet; Briggan Krauss, alto saxophone; Tony Scherr, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums
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