music clip of the day

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John Escreet Trio (JS, piano, compositions; John Hébert, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums, vibraphone), live, Amsterdam, 2014

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lagniappe

random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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reading table

Listen carefully,
Neither the Vedas
Nor the Qur’an
Will teach you this:
Put the bit in its mouth,
The saddle on its back,
Your foot in the stirrup,
And ride your wild runaway mind
All the way to heaven.

—Kabir (15th century), translated from Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra