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August 20

Week 432: “Sunshine on Fish Skin” by Girls in Airports

The multi-coloured shimmer given off by fish skin is called iridescence, and it’s pretty fascinating.…

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July 2

Week 425: “Beautiful Love” by Nels Cline

“Beautiful Love” is another one of those 1930s standards that every jazz great has recorded…

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June 11

Week 422: “Homesickness, part 2” by Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Gebrou

Emahoy Tseque-Maryam Gebrou has led quite a life. To be fair, most people who live…

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May 7

Week 417: “Night Song” by Steve Davit

The spring before I turned 21, I worked the night shift in a bank mailing…

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April 23

Week 415: “Dirty Old Bossa Nova” by The Howard Roberts Quartet

Quick quiz: It’s Friday night. You’re getting ready to go out. What song do you…

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April 2

Week 412: “Lament” by Neil Cowley Trio

It’s rare that we are lucky enough, or aware enough, or perceptive enough, to recognize…

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February 19

Week 406: “It Ain’t Necessarily So” by Mary Lou Williams

A few weeks ago, I walked past a screen that was showing footage of that…

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January 15

Week 401: “Between The Bars” by Elliott Smith (Madeleine Peyroux cover)

On February 2, 1997, an article ran in the Hartford Courant about a young jazz…

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January 1

Week 399: “Epilogue” by Anomalie

A popular strategy for breaking writer’s block is to ‘write the end first.’ In other…

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December 25

Week 398: “A Nearer Sun” by The Westerlies

A quick and slightly random Christmas thought sparked by the title of this week’s song:…

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November 13

Week 392: “Sculpture” by Skalpel

Back when DVDs were considered legitimate gifts, I was given a really interesting DVD as…

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October 30

Week 390: “It’s Only a Paper Moon” by Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney

Hollywood marriages aren’t known for their longevity. But occasionally, platonic Hollywood friendships bear incredible fruit.…

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September 4

Week 382: “Juliet” by Matthew Bourne

Matthew Bourne’s 2012 album, Montauk Variations, is one of those rare records that are compelling…

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July 17

Week 375: “Cheek to Cheek” by Fred Astaire

Dancing as a social event has completely changed over the past century. It’s still something…

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June 12

Week 370: “The Plum Blossom” by Yusef Lateef

Shakespeare insisted that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. True as…

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May 29

Week 368: “She’s Leaving Home” by The Beatles (Brad Mehldau Trio cover)

As soon as I was old enough to be trusted to handle things of value,…

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May 8

Week 365: “Minutes, Seconds, Hours” by David John Sheppard

Whenever I’m walking and I cross a set of railroad tracks, I get an incredible…

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March 13

Week 357: “Chelsea Bridge” by Tommy Flanagan

This song, written by Billy Strayhorn, was supposedly inspired by a painting Strayhorn saw while…

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January 30

Week 351: “Stardust” by Nat King Cole

Here’s a strange question to kick off your week: will we ever run out of…

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January 16

Week 349: “Surprises” by Ibrahim Maalouf

There are not many cities in the world with an archaeological history as rich as…

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