tenor fest
day one
Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), “Blues Up and Down” (G. Ammons, S. Stitt), live, Denmark, 1967*
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lagniappe
reading table
Withered grass,
under piling
heat waves.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
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*With Kenny Drew, piano; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, bass; Albert “Tootie” Heath, drums.
back to church
St. Paul Baptist Church Hymn Choir (Lowrys, S.C.), “All I Do,” live, McConnells, S.C. (Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church), c. 2009
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lagniappe
reading table
In the name of the Bee –
And of the Butterfly –
And of the Breeze – Amen!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #23 (Franklin)
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 6 in D major for Unaccompanied Cello, 4th Mvt. (Sarabande); Yo-Yo Ma, live
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Better one day awake—one moment, even—than ten years asleep.
summer in the city
Chvrches, live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/17/15
“Clearest Blue”
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“Leave a Trace”
tonight in Chicago
These folks will be at Constellation.
Tomeka Reid (cello) with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jason Roebke (bass), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Glass Light,” live, Chicago, 2014
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And these guys will be Elastic.
Dave Rempis (saxophone), Joshua Abrams (bass), Avreeayl Ra (drums), live, Chicago, 2013
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lagniappe
radio
Celebrating the birthdays of saxophonists Lester Young (August 27, 1909) and Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920), WKCR-FM (Columbia University) is featuring their music all day today (Young), all day tomorrow (Young and Parker), all day Saturday (Parker), and into Sunday morning (Parker).
Ligeti fest
day three
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Requiem: Kyrie; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.), live
Ligeti fest
day one
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Piano Etude No. 13, “L’escalier du diable” (“The Devil’s Staircase”); Claudio Martinez Mehner, live, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago (Columbus Park)
She sounded so good last week—let’s hear some more.
Jessie Mae Renfro, “He’s So Wonderful,” live (TV Gospel Time), 1960s
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lagniappe
art beat: more from Thursday at the Chicago Cultural Center
Archibald Motley (1891-1981), Gettin’ Religion, 1948
sounds of Iceland
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aura
NorthArc Percussion Group, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
Even the crow
has a grove
to grow old in—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
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