old school
Robert Blair & The Fantastic Violinaires, “Where He Leads Me,” live, North Carolina (Wilson), 1988
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Washington, D.C., May 17, 1957*
*Demonstration commemorating the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
In Oslo in December each sound is clear and distinct, or that, at least, is what I imagine.
Transitory Meeting of Minds,* live, Oslo, 12/5/16
#1
#2
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*Dré Hočevar, drums, interaction; Christian Balvig, piano, electronics; Michal Wróblewski, alto saxophone; Jean Dousteyssier, clarinets.
what’s new
Everything Is Recorded, “Close But Not Quite,” featuring Sampha and sampling Curtis Mayfield (“The Makings of You”), 2017
more
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) & the Houserockers (Brewer Phillips guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), “Sadie,” 1974
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lagniappe
reading table
one man, one fly
one large
sitting room—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
voices I miss
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) & the Houserockers (Brewer Phillips guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), live, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago
more
John Luther Adams (1953-), In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (1999); Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, North Adams, Mass., 2016
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Luther Adams (1953-), Dream in White on White (1992); Virtuoso String Orchestra (Joaquin Valdepeñas, cond.) with Sanya Eng (harp), live, Toronto, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Bush warbler on plum branch, 1840s
like nobody else
Rev. Utah Smith (1906-1965), “Two Wings,” 1953
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009, MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
otherworldly birds
Steve Lehman, 15 Places at the Same Time (excerpts); PRISM Quartet with Steve Lehman (alto saxophone), live, Philadelphia, 2014
sounds of São Paulo
Bixiga 70, live, São Paulo, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Jack, Chicago, 1965
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