Saturday, April 15th
sounds of Russia
One-word review: mesmerizing.
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-), Fachwerk for bayan, percussion, and string orchestra (2009); Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, live, 2013
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: April, 2017
2017
Thursday, April 13th
old school
Tommy Jarrell (fiddle, vocals), “Cripple Creek,” live, Mt. Airy, N.C., 1983
2017
Wednesday, April 12th
timeless
Old recordings, where everyone involved is long dead, don’t just appeal to the ears—they’re springboards for the imagination. Here’s one made in Memphis nearly 90 years ago.
Close your eyes.
Open your imagination.
They’re just about ready to record.
What’s the room look like?
What’s the last thing said before they start?
Tommy Johnson (1896-1956), “Cool Drink of Water Blues” (1928)
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lagniappe
art beat
Robert Frank (1924-), Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955/56
2017
Tuesday, April 11th
more
John Coltrane Quartet (JC, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums), “Vigil,” “Naima,” “My Favorite Things,” live, Belgium (Comblain-La-Tour), 1965
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lagniappe
art beat
Robert Frank (1924-), Cafe – Beaufort, South Carolina, 1955
2017
Monday, April 10th
musical movements
Urban Bush Women, “Walking with ‘Trane” (fragments, commentary), Rockville, Md., 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Sunday, April 9th
another take
Rev. Al Green, “The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow” (T.A. Dorsey), live, Memphis (Full Gospel Tabernacle Church), 1983
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lagniappe
art beat
Robert Frank (1924-), Santa Fe, 1955
2017
Saturday, April 8th
Sounds so soft they might, it seems, be emanating from your mind.
Jürg Frey (1953-), Floating Categories (2015), live, England (Bristol), 2016
2017
Friday, April 7th
This, I just found, has more than 21 million views. (Where have I been?)
Florence and the Machine, “Cosmic Love”
Live (studio performance), Seattle, 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
I had been happy, happy enough, but now I often found myself uttering a spontaneous prayer that went, simply: She is here, still here.
—George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo
2017
Thursday, April 6th
Think you know what a trumpet sounds like?
Nate Wooley (trumpet), live, New York, 4/3/17
#1
#2
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lagniappe
reading table
lights have entered
us it is a music more powerfulthan music
—George Oppen (1908-1984), “Till Other Voices Wake Us,” fragment
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