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Wednesday, September 13th

timeless

Returning to a record after years away, both you and it are new.

Miles Davis (1926-1991, trumpet), In a Silent Way (with Wayne Shorter [1933-2023], soprano saxophone; John McLaughlin [1942- ], electric guitar; Chick Corea [1941-2021], electric piano; Herbie Hancock [1940-], electric piano; Joe Zawinul [1932-2007], electric piano, organ; Dave Holland [1946-], bass; Tony Williams [1945-1997], drums), 1969

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lagniappe

reading table

nothing left of the house
I was born in
fireflies

—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson

Tuesday, September 12th

like nothing else

Love in Exile (Arooj Aftab [vocals], Vijay Iyer [keyboards], Shahzad Ismaily [electronics, bass]), live (“Eyes of the Endless”), Washington, D.C., 2023

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lagniappe

art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape)

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), By the Seine (1887), detail