never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 5 in C minor for Unaccompanied Cello; Steven Isserlis (cello), live, New York, 2018
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
like nobody else
Cecil Taylor Unit (CT, 1929-2018, piano; Sam Rivers, soprano saxophone; Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone; Andrew Cyrille, drums), live, Paris, 1969
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Memphis
Memphis Gospel Singers (Spirit of Memphis Quartet), “I’m Happy in the Service of the Lord,” 1949
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
basement jukebox
Dusty Springfield (1939-1999), “I Don’t Want to Hear it Anymore” (Randy Newman), 1969
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Palestine
Sama’ Abdulhadi (DJ), live, streamed 5/3/21
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of France
Yann Tiersen (synthesizer [Buchla Music Easel]), “Palestine” (Y. Tiersen), live, France (Ushant), published 5/18/21
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello, compositions; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), live (“Billy Bang’s Bounce,” “Niki’s Bop,” “Ballad,” “Aug 6,” “Glass Light,” “Woodlawn”), Los Angeles, 5/27/21
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suites No. 1 in G major and No. 3 in C major for Unaccompanied Cello; Steven Isserlis (cello), live, London, 2020
timeless
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Pavana No. 292 in A minor; Jean Rondeau (16th century virginal [compact harpsichord]), published 6/4/21
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
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reading table
Only now I know
that power—greater than storms—
a heart-rending awe
silencing all the pines
at nightfall on the mountain.—Emperor Fushima (1265-1317), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill (The Poetry of Zen, 2004)
basement jukebox: sounds of Chicago
Rev. Singing Sammy Lewis, “I’m Glad About It,” Pts. 1 and 2 (I. Andrews), 1965
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
