Sunday, April 10th
sounds of Chicago
Caravans, live (TV show), Chicago, 1963
In front, on the right, is the young Shirley Caesar.
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Saturday, April 9th
So bleak, so beautiful—like life.
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Viola Concerto (1985), live, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Valery Gergiev, cond.), Yuri Bashmet (viola)
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Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, N.J., 1958
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Friday, April 8th
sounds of New York
Some of the most kinetic, exciting, enlivening sounds I’ve heard in a while.
Farmers by Nature (Craig Taborn, piano; William Parker, bass; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live, New York, 4/4/16
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art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Martin Puryear, Maquette for Bearing Witness (1994) (Multiple Dimensions, through May 1st)
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Thursday, April 7th
passings
Merle Haggard, singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, April 6, 1937-April 6, 2016
Today, remembering him, we revisit a few favorites.
“I’m a Lonesome Fugitive” (L. Anderson, C. Anderson), live (TV show), 1966
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“Working Man Blues” (M. Haggard), live (TV show), 1978
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“Today I Started Loving You Again” (M. Haggard, B. Owens), with Tammy Wynette, live, England (Wemberly), 1988
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Wednesday, April 6th
sounds of New York
Oliver Lake and the FLUX String Quartet, live, New York, 2014
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Tuesday, April 5th
sounds of New York
The 12 Houses, live, New York, 3/6/16
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reading table
The process is fearless.
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Monday, April 4th
sounds of New York
Vijay Iyer Sextet,* live, New York, 2015
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Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, N.J., 1958
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*VI, piano, compositions; Graham Haynes, cornet; Steve Lehman, alto saxophone; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Matt Brewer, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums.
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Sunday, April 3rd
old school
Willie Neal Johnson (1935-2001) & The Gospel Keynotes, “Show Me the Way,” live, Jackson, Miss.
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i remember today like it was yesterday.
—Garrett Caples, “Love Is Made of Sky”
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Saturday, April 2nd
American in Paris
Steve Lacy Trio, live, Paris, 1982
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musical thoughts
‘Make the drummer sound good.’
—Steve Lacy, recalling Thelonious Monk’s advice (Robin D. G. Kelly, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original [2009]])
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Friday, April 1st
only rock ‘n’ roll
Building a Broken Mousetrap (2006), concert film of The Ex
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