Wednesday, July 11th
basement jukebox
Otis Rush, “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
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Month: July, 2018
2018
Tuesday, July 10th
basement jukebox
Magic Sam, “All Your Love” (S. Maghett), 1957
2018
Monday, July 9th
mesmerizing
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001), Andrew Ferdig (marimba), Kevin Keith (vibraphone), Danica Smith (violin), Andy Sproule (bass), James Wehe (piano), live, Denver, 2017
2018
Sunday, July 8th
In case you need a reminder.
“Mean Old World,” Marion Williams and the Stars of Faith, live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
2018
Saturday, July 7th
desert island disc
Miles Davis, In a Silent Way (MD, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone; John McLaughlin, guitar; Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, keyboards; Dave Holland, bass; Tony Williams, drums), 1969*
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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*Side A: “Shhh”/”Peaceful”/”Shhh” (M. Davis); Side B: “In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul)/”It’s About That Time” (M. Davis)/”In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul).
2018
Friday, July 6th
passings
Henry Butler, pianist, singer, September 21, 1948-July 2, 2018
With Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, “Some Iko,” live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans
Eureka Brass Band, late 1950s
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 1959
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Second Liners at Mardi Gras, 1957
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Second Liners, 1961
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Young Tuxedo Bass Band, 1966
2018
Wednesday, July 4th
violin festival
day three
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Chaconne (Partita No. 2 in D Minor); Ivry Gitlis (violin), live, Tokyo, 1990
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lagniappe
reading table
Try to Praise the Mutilated World
by Adam Zagajewski (1945-)
(translated from Polish by Clare Cavanagh)Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June’s long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
You must praise the mutilated world.
You watched the stylish yachts and ships;
one of them had a long trip ahead of it,
while salty oblivion awaited others.
You’ve seen the refugees going nowhere,
you’ve heard the executioners sing joyfully.
You should praise the mutilated world.
Remember the moments when we were together
in a white room and the curtain fluttered.
Return in thought to the concert where music flared.
You gathered acorns in the park in autumn
and leaves eddied over the earth’s scars.
Praise the mutilated world
and the gray feather a thrush lost,
and the gentle light that strays and vanishes
and returns.
2018
Tuesday, July 3rd
violin festival
day two
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Four pieces for violin and piano (1910)
Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973, violin), Roy Bogas (piano), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, July 2nd
violin festival
day one
Listening to this the floor begins to feel less solid.
Michael Hersch (1971-), “the weather and landscape is on our side” for unaccompanied violin (2015); Miranda Cuckson, 2017 (published)
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random sights
this morning, Bellwood, Ill.
music clip of the day 