timeless
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018, voice, piano) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991, voice, piano), Southern California Community Choir, et al., live, New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1972
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Tim Daisy (drums), live (performance begins at 5:40), Chicago, last night, with (1) Matt Piet (piano), first set, and (2) Ben Lamar Gay (cornet) and Mabel Kwan (piano), second set
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New Orleans
Cha Wa, live (“My People,” “Bow Down,” “Morning Glory,” “Wildman”), published 10/18/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
more
Lonnie Holley (1950-, vocals, keyboard, electronics, composition), with Dave Nelson (trombone, electronics), Marlon Patton (drums, electronics), “I Left My Wings in Heaven,” Netherlands (Utrecht), 2018
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Isaiah Collier (saxophones) and Jeremiah Collier (drums), live, Chicago (Hyde Park Jazz Festival), 9/27/20
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
like nobody else
Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987, cello) with New Philharmonia Orchestra (Daniel Barenboim, cond.), live (studio), London, 1967: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Cello Concerto in E minor (Op. 85, 1919)
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
What better way to begin the week?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Mischa Maisky, cello
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
another take
“I Don’t Know What You’ve Come To Do,” Amazing Grace Praise Band, live, Westside Baptist Church, Evergreen, Ala., 2007
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Forest Park)
like nobody else
Anton Webern (1883-1945), String Quartet (Op. 28, 1937-38); Psappha Ensemble (Benedict Holland and Sophie Rosa, violins; Vicci Wardman, viola; Jennifer Langridge, cello), live, England (Manchester), 2019
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Whenever I sleep
with my socks on
I have bad dreams—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from the Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento
what’s new
Robert Glasper (keyboards), “Shine” (feat. D Smoke, Tiffany Gouché), 10/6/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
I miss this moment
as it goes on happening.—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Crescendo” (New Yorker, 10/18/21)
