sounds of New York
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) with guest Sean Jones (trumpet), live, New York, 6/28/21
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sounds of Chicago
Third Coast Percussion, live (Philip Glass, Jlin, et al.), Chicago, 6/27/21
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never enough
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, excerpt (Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor); Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano
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timeless
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning,” 1929
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like nothing else
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion, “To the Sky” (lyrics by Anne Steele, 1717-1778), video by Robert Edridge-Waks, published 3/19/21 (Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part, 6/25/21)
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sounds of London
Kokoroko, live, published 4/21/21
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sounds of Laos
Nouthong Phimvilayphone (khaen), “Lotfai Talang,” live, Laos, 2012
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MCOTD Hall of Fame
Dafnis Prieto Big Band (DP [drums, composition], et al.), “Back to the Sunset” (feat. Henry Threadgill [alto saxophone; MCOTD Hall of Fame]; dedicated to Henry Threadgill and Andrew Hill), published 6/17/21
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like nothing else
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, voice, composition; Lester St. Louis, cello, voice; Anton Hatwich, bass, voice; Chad Taylor, drums), “prayer for amerikkka pt. 1 & 2” (live, Zürich, 1/23/20), with animation by Theodore Darst and Gregory Nachmanovitch, published 5/11/21
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sounds of Chicago
Joe McPhee (tenor saxophone, voice), Tomeka Reid (cello), live, Chicago (Corbett vs. Dempsey [art gallery]), 6/19/21
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