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
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: art beat
2022
Thursday, August 4th
another take
“Body and Soul” (J. Green, E. Heyman, R. Sour, F. Eyton), 1930: Art Pepper (1925-1982, alto saxophone), live, Japan (Hokkaido), 1981
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), The Bay at L’Estaque (1878-82) (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
2022
Saturday, July 30th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Ricercar a 6 (from The Musical Offering), arranged for chamber orchestra by Anton Webern (1883-1945); Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orcestra (Antonello Manacorda, cond.), live, Frankfurt (Germany), 2015
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), L’Estaque with Red Roofs (1883-85), detail (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
2022
Monday, May 16th
sounds of Ukraine
Kalush Orchestra, “Stefania,” published yesterday
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Smart Museum (Chicago), Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine (closed yesterday)
Bob Thompson (1937-1966), detail from Blue Madonna (1961)
2022
Wednesday, March 2nd
sounds of New York
Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York, 2/22/22 (published yesterday)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Interchanged (1955)
2022
Sunday, February 13th
timeless
Harmonizing Four of Richmond, “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), early 1960s
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Excavation (1950)
2022
Tuesday, February 1st
sounds of Boston
Francisco Mela Quartet (FM, drums; Hery Paz and George Garzone, tenor saxophones; John Lockwood, bass), “Mr. PC” (J. Coltrane), live, Boston, 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), detail from Greyed Rainbow (1953)
2022
Monday, January 24th
sounds of Amsterdam
Jeff Kaiser (trumpet, laptop), Michael Moore (clarinets), Michael Vatcher (percussion), live, Amsterdam, 2009
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art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Barbara Kruger (1945-), fragment from the exhibit Thinking of You/ I Mean Me/ I Mean You
2021
Monday, May 10th
sounds of Paris
Why not begin the week with something unlike anything else?
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris and Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, direction; Paul Fitzsimon, direction; Bruno Mantovani, direction), live, Paris, 2016: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Gruppen for three orchestras (1955-1957)
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Claude Monet, 1840-1926, Luncheon under the Tent, Giverny, c. 1883-86, detail (Monet in Chicago, through 6/14/21)
2021
Saturday, March 27th
sounds of New York
Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Immanuel Wilkins, saxophone; Rashaan Carter, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums), live, New York, 12/9/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (office, Monadnock Building, painting by Gerard Fortuné)
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reading table
cartography is the strangest science today
as morning alters the fittings of the hour to form
shapes wholly new.–Xiao Yue Shan, from “in love as in tourism” (Poetry, 4/21)
