voices I miss
Drums, too, can breathe.
Mal Waldron Quintet (MW, piano; Charles Rouse, saxophone, flute; Woody Shaw, trumpet, flugelhorn; Reggie Workman, bass; Ed Blackwell [1929-1992], drums), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1985
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, 1980
Ernst Reijseger (cello) with Harmen Fraanje (organ), “Shadow” (Cave of Forgotten Dreams), live
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Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840-1882), Pyramid Lake, Nevada, 1867
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Each week brings new discoveries. Yesterday, on the radio (WFMU, Give the Drummer Some), I heard this cellist for the first time. This photographer I bumped into Wednesday at the Art Institute of Chicago. Next week?
alone
Mochizuki Harutaka (alto saxophone), live, Japan (Hamamatsu), 2011
#1
#2
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reading table
Even in Kyoto—
hearing the cuckoo’s cry—
I long for Kyoto.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
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art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago (lunch hour)
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), Three Men Sitting on Steps at the Seine, Paris (1931)
tonight in Chicago
This guy will be playing two sets—one by himself, the other with vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz and drummer Frank Rosaly—at the Hideout.
James Falzone (clarinet), live, New Haven, 2014
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art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago (lunch hour)
Paul Cezanne, The Bay of Marseilles, Seen From L’Estaque, c. 1885
sounds of Chile
Ana Tijoux, “Vengo,” live (studio performance), Santa Monica, 2014
Listening to a language I know not at all—pure sound.
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Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, 1980s
what’s new
A Sunny Day in Glasgow, “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing),” Sea When Absent, 6/14
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Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
passings
Bobby Womack, singer, songwriter, guitarist, March 4, 1944-June 27, 2014
The Womack Brothers (featuring Bobby, then 17, on lead vocals), “Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray,” 1961
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William Eggleston (1939-)
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random thoughts
We’re as rich as we are receptive.
tonight in Chicago
These guys are playing at Constellation, a performing-arts center on the northwest side.
Rempis Percussion Quartet (Dave Rempis, alto saxophone; Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, bass; Frank Rosaly, drums; Tim Daisy, drums), live, Austria (Wels), 2013
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William Eggleston (1939-)
passings
Horace Silver, pianist, composer, bandleader, September 2, 1928-June 18, 2014
Horace Silver Quintet,* “Song for My Father,” live (TV show), Denmark, 1968
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William Eggleston (1939-)
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*HS, piano; Bill Hardman, trumpet; Bennie Maupin, tenor saxophone; John Williams, bass; Billy Cobham, drums.
tonight in Chicago
These guys are playing at the Hideout, a small club on the northwest side.
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone) & Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), live, Austria (Vienna), 3/8/14
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William Eggleston (1939-)
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