voices I miss
This drummer never fails to lift my spirits.
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Mal Waldron (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Woody Shaw (flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (bass), “The Git Go” (M. Waldron), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1985
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Brian Eno (1948-), “An Ending (Ascent)”, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno), 1983 (remastered 2005)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
can’t wait
Amazing Grace (Sydney Pollack, director; filmed, 1972; scheduled theatrical release, 2019), trailer
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lagniappe
reading table
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Letter to Cousins Louisa (aka Louise) and Frances Norcross, 1876
tomorrow in Chicago
They’re performing at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel.
The Tallis Scholars, live, France (Mont Saint-Michel), 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
This is Jimmy’s brother.
Syl Johnson, “Take Me to the River” (A. Green, M. Hodges), 1974
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Another take.
Live (with Howard Grimes [drums], Leroy Hodges [bass], et al.), Memphis
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
Every now and then I hear something and wonder: Where has this been all my life?
Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893-1979), 24 Preludes in quarter-tone system (excerpts), 1934/1970
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Brian Eno, Ambient Music 1: Music for Airports, 1978
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lagniappe
reading table
All night long
the windswept clouds
plovers calling under the moon—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
timeless
This guy, whom I worked with in the 1970s, co-producing this track and a few others for Alligator Records (Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1), just turned ninety. One of my sons, now older than I was then, heard him the other night at a Chicago club, where, he said, his guitar playing was “robust.” How wonderful to be ninety years old and robust. How wonderful, too, to be able to share music with a son.
“Breaking up Somebody’s Home” (T. Matthews, A. Jackson), 1978
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Here he is forty years later.
“People Get Ready” (C. Mayfield), “That’s All Right,” Chicago, 2018
Need a break from this too-much world?
Brian Eno, “New Space Music” (released 2014)
timeless
Pilgrim Travelers, “I’ve Got a Mother Gone Home,” 1951
