sounds of India
I don’t understand a single word. No matter. Rapport, spontaneity, immediacy—these I grasp.
Bhimsen Joshi (right) & Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna (left)
Rag Yaman Kalyan, live
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, New York (Central Park)
summer in the city
Future, live, Chicago, 7/29/16
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
two takes
“Death Letter” (aka “Death Letter Blues”) (S. House)
Cassandra Wilson, live, Spain (Vitoria-Gasteiz), 2005
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Son House (1902-1988), live (TV show)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, New York (Harlem)
energy + density + clarity = ?
Mary Halvorson (guitar), Weasel Walter (drums), live, New York, 2016
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random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
This I could listen to all day.
John Cage (1912-1992), Dream (1948)
Anton Batagov (1965-, piano), live, Moscow, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art (New York)
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Pines and Rocks, c. 1897
Why not start the week with something slow, spare, spacious?
Ann Southam (1937-2010), Simple Lines of Enquiry (2008); R. Andrew Lee (piano), live, Kansas City, Mo., 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
back to church
Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “That Morning Train”
Live, Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 2006
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random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
Strange to live in such a strange world.
Rebecca Saunders (music), Sasha Waltz (choreography), insideout (2003)
sounds of Seattle
Shabazz Palaces, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2014
more
Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, voice), William Parker (bass, doson gouni, shakuhachi), Hamid Drake (drums, voice), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Three bowls of stew
and you feel
rich after all—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento
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