Wednesday, December 11th
Playing, and talking, Monk.
Jason Moran (piano), Frank Lacy (trombone), Bob Stewart (tuba), Nasheet Waits (drums), et al., live, Washington, D.C., 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: December, 2019
2019
Tuesday, December 10th
two takes
“I Try” (M. Gray, J. Ruzumna, J. Lim, D. Wilder)
J Dilla (1974-2006), remix, 2006
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Macy Gray, 1999
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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reading table
Threshold
by Rachel Hadas (1948-, Questions in the Vestibule)
The in-between is queasy,
but all is in between.
Midsummer green? Monotonous
when everything is green.
The sea? A glittering question
if everything is sea.
This vestibule? Unsettling.
I teeter first one way
and then the other. In
or out? I am a fool
to be so caught off balance.
All is vestibule.
2019
Monday, December 9th
sounds to get lost in
Jessica Pavone String Ensemble (JP, viola, composition; Joanna Matrey, viola; Erica Dicker, violin; Angela Morris, violin), “Hurtle and Flow,” published 9/4/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday morning, I-80 rest stop, Iowa (near Grinnell)
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reading table
big rainbig mooncicada in the pine—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2019
Sunday, December 8th
back to church
Christian Home Baptist Church, Lowry, S.C., 2010
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lagniappe
art beat
yesterday, Des Moines (Des Moines Art Center)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Automat, 1927
2019
Saturday, December 7th
mesmerizing
If I could move like this, I’d never stand still.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (1976-), live, Stockholm, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Topography displays no favorites; North’s as near as West.
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “The Map”
2019
Friday, December 6th
basement jukebox
Doctor Ross (AKA Charles Isaiah Ross, 1925-1993), “Chicago Breakdown” (DR, vocals, harmonica, guitar, composition; Reuben Martin, washboard; Sam Phillips, producer), 1953
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2019
Thursday, December 5th
serendipity
Last night I bumped into these tracks, by a duo based in Beirut, on the radio (Bodega Pop Live with Gary Sullivan [WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio Stream]). One-word review: Wow!
Two or the Dragon, “Prelude for the Triumphant Man,” 2017
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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yesterday, Chicago
2019
Wednesday, December 3rd
sounds of Chicago
Big Maceo (AKA Major Merriweather, Big Maceo Merriweather, 1905-1953, piano), “Chicago Breakdown” (M. Merriweather), 1945
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other day, Chicago
2019
Tuesday, December 3rd
sounds of New York
Cooper-Moore (piano), live, New York, 2017
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other day, Chicago
2019
Monday, December 2nd
Why not begin the week with something that slows time?
James Romig (1971-), Still (2016); Ashlee Mack (piano), live, Macomb, Ill. (Western Illinois University), 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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