Sunday, January 8th
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Holiness Is What I Long For,” live, Louisville, Ky., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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2022
Sunday, July 24th
timeless
This album I’ve been listening to for nearly fifty years, never tiring of it.
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), The Gospel Saxophone of Vernard Johnson,* 1974
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lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)
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1. “I’ve Decided To Make Jesus My Choice”
2. “Jesus Will Bring Things Out Alright ”
3. “Hung up for My Hang Ups”
4. “God Will Take Care of You”
5. “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last”
6. “It’s Real”
7. “I’ll Make It Alright”
8. “Precious Lord”
9. “This Way to Jesus”
10. “Oh Happy Day”
2022
Sunday, May 1st
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “I Won’t Complain,” live, Kansas City, Mo. (58th Women’s International Convention, Church of God in Christ), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
The Locust Tree in Flower (second version)
by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)Among
of
greenstiff
old
brightbroken
branch
comewhite
sweet
Mayagain
2021
Sunday, November 7th
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Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone), “Grateful,” live, Los Angeles (COGIC International Women’s Convention), 2010
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random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
2021
Sunday, October 31st
like nobody else
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone), live (COGIC International Women’s Convention), 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
[E]verything returns, but what returns is not
what went away——Louise Glück (1943-), from “The Denial of Death” (Winter Recipes from the Collective, 2021)
2020
Sunday, October 11th
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last,” live, published 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, August 9th
back to church
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone), live, Texas (Roanoke), 2008
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
At the ancient pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Sunday, March 8th
testify!
Vernard Johnson (alto saxophone, vocals), live, Fort Worth, Tx.
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill
2016
Sunday, June 26th
two takes
“Never Grow Old,” AKA “Where We’ll Never Grow Old” (James C. Moore)
Aretha Franklin, live, Detroit, 1996
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Vernard Johnson, live, 1973
2015
Sunday, April 26th
More of Vernard Johnson.
Live, Roanoke, Tx.
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“What Is This,” live (Something’s Got a Hold on Me), Little Rock, Ark., 1981
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“I’ve Decided To Make Jesus My Choice,” The Gospel Saxophone of Vernard Johnson, 1974
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