Wednesday, November 20th
insomniac’s delight
You can, I’ve found, stumble upon all kinds of things at 3 a.m.
Harrison Divecha, “Atmospheric Dub Techno and Deep Electronic Mix,” 2018
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other night, Oak Park, Ill.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: November, 2019
2019
Tuesday, November 19th
what’s new
Jaimie Branch (trumpet, compositions), “Bird Dogs of Paradise,” published 9/26/19
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yesterday, Chicago
2019
Monday, November 18th
What better way to begin the week?
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982, piano), “Don’t Blame Me” (J. McHugh, D. Fields), live, Denmark, 1966
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Sunday, November 17th
never enough
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “I Won’t Let Go” (D. L. Coates), “Lord You’ve Been Good To Me” (D. L. Coates), live, 1981
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, November 16th
sounds of Chicago
Andrew Hill Combo (AH [1931-2007], piano; Von Freeman [1923-2012], tenor saxophone, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Laurdine “Pat” Patrick [1929-1991], baritone saxophone; Malachi Favors [1927-2004], bass; Wilbur Campbell [1926-1999], drums), “Down Pat” (L. Patrick), 1956
If political races were decided by musical pedigree, the new entrant in the Democratic presidential field would be unbeatable.
Laurdine Kenneth “Pat” Patrick Jr. (November 23, 1929 – December 31, 1991) was an American jazz musician and composer. . . . known for his 40-year association with Sun Ra. His son, Deval Patrick, was governor of Massachusetts.
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, November 15th
what’s new
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), “Happens to the Heart” (L. Cohen), published 10/25/19
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Interview excerpt, published 11/8/19
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last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, November 14th
what’s new
He’s one of a handful of DJs whose every mix I look forward to hearing.
Four Tet (AKA Kieran Hebden), live, New York, 11/12/19
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2019
Wednesday, November 13th
next week in Chicago
She’s performing Monday at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Caterina Barbieri (modular synthesizer), live, Italy (Genoa), 2015
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a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
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I’ve always been aware of being an inconsistent personality. Of having a lot of contradictory voices knocking around my head. As a kid, I was ashamed of it. Other people seemed to feel strongly about themselves, to know exactly who they were. I was never like that. I could never shake the suspicion that everything about me was the consequence of a series of improbable accidents—not least of which was the 400 trillion–to-one accident of my birth. As I saw it, even my strongest feelings and convictions might easily be otherwise, had I been the child of the next family down the hall, or the child of another century, another country, another God.
—Zadie Smith, “Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction,” New York Review of Books, 10/24/19
2019
Tuesday, November 12th
sounds of Haiti and Chicago
Nathalie Joachim (vocals, electronics) with Spektral Quartet, “Papa Loco” (trad.), live (studio), New York, published 10/29/19
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She cries. Oh no. Oh no no no.
—Eimear McBride, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
2019
Monday, November 11th
This—more of this 12th-century composer—I could listen to all day.
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), O vis aeternitatis; Eleni-Lydia Stamellou, Aeterna Choir, Teodor Currentzis (director), live, Russia (Perm), 2016
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