Thursday, July 18th
what’s new
Andrew Cyrille (percussion), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Brandon Ross (guitar), live, New York, 6/11/19
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2019
Wednesday, July 17th
mesmerizing
György Ligeti (1923-2006), Sonata for Solo Cello (1948-53); Mathias Johansen (cello), live
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2019
Tuesday, July 16th
He played as if his life depended on it.
Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), playing Bach’s Partita No. 2 in C minor (The Art of Piano, 1999)
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lagniappe
reading table
Happiness has never been one of my great aspirations.
—poet W.S. Graham (1918-1986, quoted in London Review of Books, 7/18/19)
2019
Monday, July 15th
Need a break from America 2019?
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2; Danish String Quartet, live, New York, 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
The roaring of the wind is my wife and the Stars through the window pane are my Children.
—John Keats (1795-1821), letter to his brother George Keats, 1818
2019
Sunday, July 14th
back to church
Hamiltones, live, Houston, 2019
2019
Saturday, July 13th
How about a trip to Tokyo?
Japan’s Hidden Listening Bars: SHeLTeR, 7/9/19
2019
Friday, July 12th
what’s new
Santana with Buika, “Breaking Down the Door,” live, Los Angeles, 6/18/19
2019
Thursday, July 11th
what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Brandon Lopez (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 7/9/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Wednesday, July 10th
The more I listen to this, the more I hear.
Brian Eno, “New Space Music,” 2014
2019
Tuesday, July 9th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita for keyboard No. 6, excerpt (Toccata); Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (studio)
