Sunday, August 27th
old school
Indiana Travelers (Jimmy Nunn, lead vocals), “Best Friend,” live
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: August, 2017
2017
Saturday, August 26th
what’s new
The Roots and Bilal, “It Ain’t Fair,” live (Tonight Show), 8/7/17
2017
Friday, August 25th
summer in the city
Run the Jewels (with guest), “Legend Has It,” live, Chicago (Lollapalooza), 8/4/17
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lagniappe
random sights: yesterday, Chicago
2017
Thursday, August 24th
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Prelude No. 15 in D flat major (“Raindrop”); Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000), piano
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lagniappe
reading table
dragonfly—
flying two feet,
then two feet more—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2017
Wednesday, August 23rd
like nobody else
Peter Evans (trumpet), “Abyss (for Roscoe Mitchell),” 2016
2017
Tuesday, August 22nd
not for the faint-hearted
Fire! Orchestra, “Enter,” live, Copenhagen, 2014
2017
Monday, August 21st
more
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), In the Light of Air (2013/2014); International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Suppose that, for the rest of your listening life, you had two options. One: You could only listen to things you’d never heard before. Two: You could never listen to anything new. Which would you choose?
2017
Sunday, August 20th
old school
Chosen Gospel Singers, “Why Do Men Turn Their Back on God?”
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lagniappe
random sights: other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path, Bellwood)
Moms’ Garden
2017
Saturday, August 19th
mysterious, adj. Exciting wonder, curiosity, or surprise while baffling efforts to comprehend or identify. E.g., Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Sequences.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Sequences (bass flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, contrabassoon), 2016; International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
in the big rain
gushing down
little butterfly—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2017
Friday, August 18th
summer in the city
DJ Derrick Carter, Chicago, 7/16/17
Tight on time? Jump to 41:00: Gil Scott-Heron, “Bicentennial Blues.”
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) and Emile Bernard (1868-1941), Earthly Paradise, 1888 (Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, through September 10th)
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