music clip of the day

jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more

Category: art beat

Sunday, November 13th

back to church

Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Diane Williams), “Step Back, Let God Do It,” live, Chicago, early 1990s

**********

lagniappe

art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago

Detail from ofrenda (offering) to the Latinx victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School (Uvalde, Texas), created by students at Bernhard Moos Elementary School (Chicago) (Dia de Muertos: Memories & Offerings, through 12/11/22)

Monday, November 7th

more

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Sonata in B-flat major (K. 570): Peter Serkin (1947-2020, piano), live, New Jersey (Ridgewood), 2017

**********

lagniappe

art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago

Eric Romero, Año de los Muertos (Year of the Dead), 2020 (Dia de Muertos: Memories & Offerings, through 12/11/22)

Saturday, November 5th

more

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Adagio in B minor (K. 540): Peter Serkin (1947-2020, piano), live, New Jersey (Ridgewood), 2017

**********

lagniappe

art beat: yesterday, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago

Claudia Alvarez, Dia de los Inocentes (Holy Innocents Day), 2010, detail (Dia de Muertos: Memories & Offerings, through 12/11/22)

Thursday, September 22nd

like nothing else

Moor Mother (aka Camae Ayewa), “Woody Shaw” (feat. Melanie Charles), published 6/8/22

*****

inspiration

Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, composition), “Stepping Stone,” live, Italy, 1979

**********

lagniappe

art beat: a while ago, Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Grand Bouquet of Flowers (c. 1892-95), detail

Monday, September 19th

sounds of New York

Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 9/16/22

**********

lagniappe

art beat: more

William Klein (1926-2022), Dance in Brooklyn, 1955

[Untitled]_2015112414091000 (1)

Saturday, September 17th

more

Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB [1983-2022, trumpet, voice, percussion, composition] with Lester St. Louis [cello, voice, percussion], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums, mbira, voice]), “Prayer for Amerikka,” live, New York, 2021

**********

lagniappe

art beat: more

William Klein (1926-2022), 3 Kids + Harmonica, New York, 1955

6add10c34b4ee55b85178abb5103edc0

Wednesday, September 14th

alone

No matter how often I hear these tiny pieces, no matter how many pianists I hear play them, they remain perpetually fresh.

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Preludes, Op. 28 (1835-1839); Seong-Jin Cho (1994-, piano), live, 2017

**********

lagniappe

art beat: more

William Klein (1926–2022), Candy Store, Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 1955

420

Tuesday, September 13th

alone

Lukas Ligeti (1965-), “Thinking Songs” (2015), Mvt. III (Four-Part Invention); Caitlin Jones (marimba), 2021

**********

lagniappe

passings

William Klein, photographer, filmmaker, April 19, 1926–September 10, 2022

Dance in Brooklyn, New York, 1955

klein_dance-660x462

Sunday, August 28th

more

Mavis Staples (1939-) and Levon Helm (1940-2012), “You Got to Move” (rec. 2011, Woodstock, N.Y.), published 2022

**********

lagniappe

random sights

other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)

Saturday, August 20th

alone

Tony Malaby (1964-, tenor saxophone), live, Princeton, New Jersey (Richard Serra [1938-], The Hedgehog and the Fox, 2000), 4/30/22