Sunday, December 1st
basement jukebox
Marie Bolton (with West Memphis Church of God in Christ Choir), “Thankful” (Parts 1 and 2), 1968
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yesterday, Chicago
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Month: November, 2024
2024
Saturday, November 30th
alone
Modney (violin, composition), “Ascender,” 2024
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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Thursday, November 28th
sounds of London
Leonkoro Quartet (Jonathan Schwarz, violin; Amelie Wallner, violin; Mayu Konoe, viola; Lukas Schwarz, cello), live, London, 11/21/24: Joseph Haydn (String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5 [“The Dream”]), 2:00-; Felix Mendelssohn (String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2), 22:30-; Giacomo Puccini (Chrisantemi), 53:00-
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Sunday, November 24th
sounds of Greenville, North Carolina
Robert Blair & The Fantastic Violinaires, live (Labor Day family gathering), Greenville, North Carolina, 1998
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other day, Chicago
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Saturday, November 23rd
what’s new
Elisabeth Harnik (piano), Joe Morris (guitar), live, Austria (Wels), 11/9/24
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reading table
High over the dark
shadows of Pine Islands, a
skylark breaks into song—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
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Friday, November 22nd
What do you get when you cross Vancouver with Memphis?
Frazey Ford (with Hi Rhythm Section [Charles Hodges, organ; Leroy Hodges, bass; Teenie Hodges, guitar), “Done” (F. Ford), 2015 (from Indian Ocean, 2014)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Wednesday, November 20th
like nobody else
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, viola), live, Atlanta, 1999
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Monday, November 18th
serendipity
Bumped into this last night. Couldn’t take my ears off it. One of the finest performances of Bach’s keyboard music I’ve heard.
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 1-12
Sara Daneshpour (piano), 2024
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other day, Chicago
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Sunday, November 17th
basement jukebox
Spiritual Stars Singers, “Working for the Lord,” 1960s
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
2024
Saturday, November 16th
sounds of Tokyo
Eiko Ishibashi (keyboards, electronics), Jim O’Rourke (guitar, electronics), Riki Hidaka (guitar, electronics), live, Tokyo, 2024
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