Monday, September 30th
sounds of Ukraine
day one
Here’s the latest from this kindergarten teacher turned rapper.
Alyona Alyona, “Завтра,” 9/27/19
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random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: September, 2019
2019
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Sunday, September 29th
alone
Dean Bowman, “I Heard the Angels Singing,” live, 2008
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Saturday, September 28th
tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival. (Big week for the guitarist: she just won a MacArthur “genius grant.”)
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, Belgium (Ghent), 2018
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Friday, September 27th
tomorrow night in Chicago
He’s playing, in a trio with pianist Kris Davis and drummer Nasheet Waits, at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.
Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet, composition) with Mattie Mae Thomas (vocals, lyrics; recorded in 1939 at Mississippi’s Parchman Farm), Dean Bowman (vocals), Marvin Sewell (guitar), Gerald Clayton (piano), Joe Sanders (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums, computer), “MAE//MAE,” live, published 2018
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, September 26th
never enough
This kaleidoscopic collection of miniatures—many lasting less than a minute—I return to again, and again, and again.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995, piano), 1968
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reading table
just one
but he goes honking . . .
departing goose—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2019
Wednesday, September 25th
more
Anderson .Paak, “Jet Black,” live (studio), London, 9/16/19
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yesterday, Chicago
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Tuesday, September 24th
serendipity
This I bumped into last night, happily.
Clara Iannotta (1983-), 3 sur 5 (2012-2013); Continuum Contemporary Music, live, Toronto, 2018
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Monday, September 23rd
Why not start the week with something kinetic?
Unsuk Chin (1961-), Gougalōn (Scenes from a Street Theater for Ensemble) (2009-2011); Ensemble Intercontemporain (Duncan Ward, cond.), live, Paris, 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, September 22nd
back to church
Pastor Marlon Lock, “Heavenly Choir,” live (grandfather’s homegoing celebration)
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reading table
[H]ope has nothing to do with mood or objective facts, but is rather a form of hospitality offered by those who are tired to those who are exhausted.
—Teju Cole (1975-), website for Go Down Moses (photography exhibit curated by Cole and on display through September 29th at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago)
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Saturday, September 21st
what’s new
Greatest, ever, Ukrainian kindergarten teacher turned rapper?
Alyona Alyona, “Булінг,” 9/9/19
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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