Thursday, July 29th
basement jukebox: sounds of New Orleans
Professor Longhair (aka Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd, 1918-1980; vocals, piano), “Tipitina” (R. Byrd, C. Matassa), 1954
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2021
Wednesday, July 28th
like nobody else
Bjӧrk, “Mutual Core” (directed by Andrew Thomas Huang), 2012
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Tuesday, July 27th
sounds (and sights) of New Orleans
Hot 8 Brass Band, “Give Me the Night”; Second Line Parades, New Orleans, 2018-2019
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Monday, July 26th
like nobody else
Nina Simone (1933-2003), “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life” (J. Rado, G. Ragni, G. MacDermot), live, London, 1968
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Rising from sickness, I lean on a cane and stand by the river.
Countless peach petals flow downstream.—Ryokan (1758-1831), from “Upon getting up from sickness in late spring” (translated from the Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi)
2021
Sunday, July 25th
more
Whitney Houston (1963-2012), “I Love The Lord/Joy To The World,” live (with the Georgia Mass Choir), 1996
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Since there is nothing but just this moment, the time-being is all the time there is.
—Dōgen (1200-1253), translated from the Japanese (“The Time-Being,” Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dōgen [Kazuaki Tanahashi, ed.])
2021
Saturday, July 24th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Friday, July 23rd
sounds (and sights) of New Orleans
Jon Batiste, “Freedom” (J. Batiste, A, Rowe), 2021
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2021
Thursday, July 22nd
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor; Menno van Delft (clavichord), live, Amsterdam, 2015
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Wednesday, July 21st
another take
Their recent live performance, featured Monday, opened with this.
Jeremy Cunningham (drums), Dustin Laurenzi (tenor saxophone, synth bass), “My Greatest Joy Is Everything” (sampling the voice of tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins), 2020
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2021
Tuesday, July 20th
timeless
Django Reinhardt (1920-1953, guitar), “I’ll See You in My Dreams” (I. Jones, G. Kahn), 1939
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