like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, alto and soprano saxophone, composition) with Hugh Ragin (trumpet), Tyshawn Sorey (trombone), live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Chateau Noir (1903-04)
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (A. Peebles, D. Bryant, B. Williams), 1973
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lagniappe
other day, Chicago
alone
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “Sonnet” (P. Brennan), 2018
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Another take.
Recording, 2020
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
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reading table
This world of dew
is only a world of dew—
and yet—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
Gladys testifies
Gladys Knight (1944-), “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein), “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (P. Simon), live (Aretha Franklin’s funeral), Detroit, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park
Happy (Strangest Ever) 4th of July!
Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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Professor Longhair (1918-1980), “Big Chief,” live, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival), 1973
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Sleepy LaBeef (1935-2019), “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (plus interview), live (TV show), 1994
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (E. Randle), 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
*****
reading table
In pale moonlight
the wisteria’s scent
comes from far away—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
keep on dancing
If I could move like this, I’d never stand still.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (1976-, dance), live, New Jersey (Bloomfield), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
Need a break from America 2020?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (K. 467); Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Herbert von Karajan, 1908-1989, cond.) with Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950, piano), live, Switzerland (Lucerne), 1950
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
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reading table
The undisguised brutality of our time is weighing heavily on us.
—Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), letter to Oskar Pfister, 1/27/20, two days after his daughter Sophie died of Spanish flu
alone
Ben Goldberg (1959-, clarinet), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/31/20
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
Judging from the sounds I hear outside my door in the morning, birds don’t seem to have gotten the memo.
John Luther Adams (1953-), songbirdsongs (1974-80); Callithumpian Consort (Stephen Drury, dir.), 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Monadnock Building)
