Wednesday, March 21st
tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing at Constellation.
The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, baritone saxophone; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass; Paal Nilssen-Love, drums), live, London, 2010
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Month: March, 2018
2018
Tuesday, March 20th
spring!
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958
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Bob Dorough (1923-; vocals, piano), “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” (T. Wolf, F. Landesman), 1997
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Sun Ra Arkestra (SR, 1914-1993, piano; June Tyson, vocals; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone, et al.), “Springtime Again” (S. Ra), live, Rome, 1980
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lagniappe
reading table
First day of spring—
I keep thinking about
the end of autumn.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
The lights are going out
in the doll shops—
spring rain.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
Not very anxious
to bloom,
my plum tree.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese byRobert Hass)
2018
Monday, March 19th
what’s new
Big K.R.I.T. (aka Rodney Carmichael), live, Washington, D.C., 3/5/18
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lagniappe
reading table
father and son
go their separate ways…
blossom viewing—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), 1820 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Sunday, March 18th
back to church
Bishop Dready Manning (guitar), live, Troy, Ala., 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, March 6th
timeless
Tommy Johnson (1896-1956), “Cool Drink of Water Blues,” 1928
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2018
Monday, March 5th
tomorrow night in Chicago
He’ll be performing at the University of Chicago, playing Ligeti (including this) and Beethoven (Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major [Hammerklavier]).
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) playing György Ligeti (1923-2006), Étude No. 13: L’escalier du diable/The Devil’s Staircase, 2016
2018
Sunday, March 4th
two takes
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” (C.D. Martin, C.H. Gabriel), 1905
Soul Stirrers (feat. R.H. Harris), 1946
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Gladys Knight, live, Washington, D.C., 2017
2018
Saturday, March 3rd
voices I miss
Betty Carter (1929-1998) with Gerri Allen (piano), Dave Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), “Giant Steps” (J. Coltrane), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago (West Diversey)
2018
Friday, March 2nd
two takes
“My Back Pages” (B. Dylan)
Bob Dylan, live
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Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, et al., live, New York, 1992
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lagniappe
reading table
watching the downpour
from under a temple
bell—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Thursday, March 1st
more
Bob Dylan, “It Ain’t Me Babe” (B. Dylan), live
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lagniappe
reading table
today too, today too
the nettle tree snags
the kite—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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