Saturday, August 31st
sounds of Kenya and Uganda
Slikback (DJ, Kenya) featuring MC Yella, Bandana, Swordman (Uganda), live, Uganda (Nyege Nyege Festival), 2018
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Month: August, 2019
2019
Friday, August 30th
sounds of Chicago
C.H.E.W., live, Los Angeles, 2018
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More?
Live (studio), Chicago, 7/2/19
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reading table
SINCE THOUGHT
is the foliage of the mind I think
that thought inheres in vines
—Robert Grenier (1941-), A Day at the Beach (1984)
2019
Thursday, August 29th
sounds of New York
James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Anthony Pirog, guitar; Luke Stewart, bass; Warren G. Crudup III, drums), live, New York, 6/15/19
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Wednesday, August 28th
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1; Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997, piano), live, Moscow, 1972
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Only thing
the thief left behind—
moon in my window.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2019
Tuesday, August 27th
sounds of New York
Craig Taborn (piano, electronics), Cory Smythe (piano, electronics), “X’s and Y’s,” live, New York, 2018
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SHOE FROM THE WAVES
oh he got a shoe from the waves
—Robert Grenier (1941-), A Day at the Beach (1984)
2019
Monday, August 26th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Joseph Jarman (1937-2019, alto saxophone), Marilyn Crispell (1947-, piano), “Dear Lord” (J. Coltrane), 1996 (Connecting Spirits)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Sunday, August 25th
timeless
O’Neal Twins, “Jesus Dropped the Charges” (R. White), 1982 (Say Amen, Somebody)
What a surprise it was, yesterday morning, driving home from our local farmers’ market, to encounter this wonderful, deeply moving piece about this performance, a longtime favorite, on the radio (Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR).
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Another take.
Live, St. Louis, 1981
2019
Saturday, August 24th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
No drummer gives me more joy.
Aly Keita (1969-, balafon), Hamid Drake (1955-, MCOTD Hall of Fame, drums), live, Italy (Santa’Anna Arresi, Sardinia), 2017
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2019
Friday, August 23rd
sounds of Sweden
Robyn, “Dancing on My Own” (R. Carlsson, P. Berger), live, Denmark (Roskilde), 7/5/19
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, August 22nd
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Christian Wolff (1986); Eberhard Blum (flute), Nils Vigland (piano, celesta), 1992
It can be hard to recall, after an hour or two, what the world sounded like before this began.
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Clear, open, luminous: pianist Aki Takahashi’s recently released recording of For Bunita Marcus (1985), available on Spotify, is one of the finest renderings of Feldman’s unique sound-world that I’ve ever heard.
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