Saturday, March 31st
sounds of Mali
Salif Keita, live, London, c. 2002
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Month: March, 2018
2018
Friday, March 30th
basement jukebox
Tyrone Davis (1938-2005), “Can I Change My Mind,” 1969
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
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reading table
Nature repeats itself, or almost does . . .
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), “North Haven”
2018
Thursday, March 29th
When did you last hear this combination—piano, drums, turntables?
Sophie Agnel (piano), Michael Vatcher (drums), Joke Lanz (turntables), live, France (Mulhouse), 2016
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, March 28th
“The Past” (composition for film, accordion, soprano saxophone/electronics), Molly Jones (composition, soprano saxophone, electronics), Borey Shinn (accordion), Irvine, Calif., 2016
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musical thoughts
In the future multimedia performances will be so common that the term “multimedia” will fall out of use.
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, March 27th
How about two minutes of joy?
Felix Quartet (Michael Moore, alto saxophone; Wolter Weirbos, trombone; Wilbert de Joode, bass; Michael Vatcher, drums), live, 2017
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That gorgeous kite
rising
from the beggar’s shack.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Monday, March 26th
How many composers do so much with so little?
Anton Webern, Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 11 (1914); Juliane Trémoulet (cello), Vincent Planès (piano), live, France (Pau), 2016
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random thoughts
The door is never locked.
2018
Sunday, March 25th
back to church
Henderson Sisters, live, Troy, Ala., 1993
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random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Chicago Botanic Garden)
2018
Saturday, March 24th
timeless
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Variations, op. 27 (1936); Vincent Planès (piano), live, France (Pau), 2016
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Moon, plum blossoms,
this, that,
and the day goes.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Friday, March 23rd
what’s new
August Greene (Common, vocals; Robert Glasper, keyboards; Karriem Riggins, drums; et al.) with guest singers Samora Pinderhughes, Maimouna Youssef, Brandy, Andra Day, live, Washington, D.C., 2/21/18
2018
Thursday, March 22nd
what’s new
Asterids (alto saxophonists Charlotte Greve, Caroline Davis, Caleb Curtis, Oscar Noriega [l-r]), live, New York (Bushwick Public House, Brooklyn), 3/12/2018
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reading table
The two plum trees—
I love their blooming!
one early, one later.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
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