Friday, November 30th
off the hook
Erykah Badu, live (TV show), 2015
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: November, 2018
2018
Thursday, November 29th
more
Charmaine Lee (composition, voice) with Wet Ink Ensemble and guests (Ingrid Laubrock, tenor saxophone; Darius Jones, alto saxophone; Peter Evans, trumpet; Weston Olencki, trombone; Erin Lesser, flute; Alex Mincek, tenor saxophone; Ian Antonio, percussion; Eric Wubbels, piano; Josh Modney, violin; Kate Soper, voice; Sam Pluta, electronics), Smoke, Airs, live, New York, 2018
2018
Wednesday, November 28th
what’s new
How many singers invent their own language?
Charmaine Lee, live, New York, 11/20/18
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lagniappe
reading table
The difference between Despair
And Fear, is like the One
Between the instant of a Wreck
And when the Wreck has been —
The Mind is smooth —
No Motion — Contented as the Eye
Upon the Forehead of a Bust —
That knows it cannot see ——Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 576 (Franklin)
2018
Tuesday, November 27th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Sinéad O’Connor, Faith and Courage (2000)
2018
Monday, November 26th
what’s new
Lil Wayne (feat. Post Malone), “What About Me,” 11/9/18
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, November 25th
back to church
Together As One Hymn Choir, “I Feel Good,” live, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rock Hill, S.C., 2002
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lagniappe
reading table
The lonesome for they know not What –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 326 (Franklin)
2018
Saturday, November 24th
more
Makaya McCraven, trailer for new album Universal Beings, 9/9/18
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“Young Genius”
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, November 23rd
what’s new
Makaya McCraven (drums, compositions), et al., live (studio), 11/19/18
They’re playing tonight in Dublin, tomorrow in London, and Thursday in Chicago (MM’s hometown).
2018
Thursday, November 22nd
Some sounds you listen to; others you inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1981, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Between Categories (1969); Yarn Wire, live, Stony Brook, N.Y., 2017
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Another take.
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
James Webb (1975-), Prayer (through December 31st)
2018
Wednesday, November 21st
timeless
March 3, 1941, New York: Waiting for Benny Goodman to arrive for a recording session, the engineers are checking the equipment, the musicians are warming up, the tape is rolling.
Charlie Christian (1916-1942, guitar) with Cootie Williams (trumpet), Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Artie Bernstein (bass), Dave Tough (drums), “Waiting for Benny,” 1941
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009, MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, 1940s
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