Monday, September 10th
sounds of Iceland
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Heyr þú oss himnum á (2005); Hljómeyki chamber choir, 2005
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Bellwood, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: September, 2018
2018
Sunday, September 9th
More from Aretha’s homegoing service.
Jennifer Hudson, “Amazing Grace,” live, Detroit, 8/31/18
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lagniappe
reading table
The World Contracted to a Recognizable Image
by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)at the small end of an illness
there was a picture
probably Japanese
which filled my eyean idiotic picture
except it was all I recognized
the wall lived for me in that picture
I clung to it as a fly
2018
Saturday, September 8th
two takes
“Livin’ on a Prayer”
August Greene (Common [vocals], Robert Glasper [piano], Karriem Riggins [drums], et al.), live (backstage, Tonight Show), 8/13/18
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Bon Jovi, 1986
2018
Friday, September 7th
what’s new
Tech N9ne (feat. Krizz Kaliko), live, Washington, D.C., 8/29/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (riding the Blue Line)
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baseball
He’s a pitcher, man. He’s a pitch-maker. He slows things down. He’s the Ben Zobrist of relief pitchers. He can do so many different things out there.
—Cubs manager Joe Maddon on relief pitcher Jesse Chavez, after last night’s 6-4 win over the Nationals
2018
Thursday, September 6th
alone
Kris Davis (piano), live, Chicago, 2018 (excerpt)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Maywood, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, September 5th
Nine years ago today this blog began with this post.
One left Cuba after the revolution, the other stayed. Here they play together: pianists—father and son—Bebo and Chucho Valdes.
2018
Tuesday, September 4th
serendipity
This I bumped into the other night.
Ivan Petrovich Larionov (1830-1889), “Kalinka”; Tanya Kalmanovitch (violin) and Ted Reichman (accordion), live, Boston (Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory), 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2018
Monday, September 3rd
timeless
Bessie Smith, “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out,” 1929
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Charles White (1918-1979), Bessie Smith (Charles White: A Retrospective, closing today; traveling to New York [Museum of Modern Art], then Los Angeles [Los Angeles County Museum of Art])
2018
Sunday, September 2nd
Shirley testifies
Shirley Caesar (with Tasha Cobbs), “How I Got Over,” Aretha’s homegoing service, Detroit, 8/31/18
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
2018
Saturday, September 1st
what’s new
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, composition) & Spektral Quartet, from Yo Soy La Tradición, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 