Friday, December 21st
what’s new
Bon Iver, “Woods” (J. Vernon), live, Paris, 11/3/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: December, 2018
2018
Thursday, December 20th
sounds of Turkey
Özgür Baba (cura, voice), “Dertli Dolap” (words by Turkish poet Yunus Emre), live, Turkey, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2018
Wednesday, December 19th
more
Erik Satie (1866-1925), Ogives (4) (00:00-), Pieces froides (6) (12:29-), Gnossiennes (6) (25:02-), Sonneries de la Rose+Croix (3) (44:51-), Gymnopedies (3) (58:59-); Reinbert de Leeuw (piano), live, 1982
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lagniappe
reading table
driftwood floating
this way, that way . . .
ends the year—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Tuesday, December 18th
sounds of Paris
Erik Satie (1866-1925), Gnossiennes 1-6 (1889-97); Reinbert de Leeuw (piano), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
Silence
of an oak grove
the moon high in the trees—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
2018
Monday, December 17th
what’s new
Peter Van Hoesen (electronics) & Gabi Sultana (piano) play John Cage (1912-1992), live, Paris, 10/30/18 (published 12/12/18)
2018
Sunday, December 16th
timeless
Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, 1936-1970) with Donald Tyler (trumpet), et al., “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), Live in Greenwich Village (Village Vanguard), 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, December 15th
more
Ayaléw Mesfin, “Katefahu Liketa,” 1970s
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Hasabe (My Worries), 2018
2018
Friday, December 14th
what’s new
Wu-Tang Clan, live, Washington, D.C., 12/5/18
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lagniappe
reading table
in the silver dew
one sleeve cold . . .
morning sun—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Thursday, December 13th
what’s new
Madlib Meets Ethiopian Legend Ayaléw Mesfin, 11/29/18
2018
Wednesday, December 12th
more
Heaven: hearing, together, a favorite drummer and a favorite bassist.
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Malachi Favors (bass, 1927-2004) and Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone, 1931-2006), “Paris? Oui” (Tarik), 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 