Sunday, November 11th
timeless
Five Soul Stirrers (feat. R. H. Harris), “Walk Around” (R. H. Harris), 1939
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009, MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: art beat
2018
Friday, November 9th
timeless
Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers, “Jumpin’ Jive” (Stormy Weather, 1943)
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lagniappe
art beat
other day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Altar for Raquel M. Ontiveros by Victoria Tapia, Monica Cisneros, and Estella Cruz (Día de Muertos: A Spiritual Legacy, through December 9th)
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2018
Monday, September 3rd
timeless
Bessie Smith, “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out,” 1929
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Charles White (1918-1979), Bessie Smith (Charles White: A Retrospective, closing today; traveling to New York [Museum of Modern Art], then Los Angeles [Los Angeles County Museum of Art])
2018
Friday, July 6th
passings
Henry Butler, pianist, singer, September 21, 1948-July 2, 2018
With Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, “Some Iko,” live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans
Eureka Brass Band, late 1950s
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 1959
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Second Liners at Mardi Gras, 1957
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Second Liners, 1961
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Young Tuxedo Bass Band, 1966
2018
Tuesday, June 26th
timeless
Lonnie Johnson (vocals, guitar), “Another Night to Cry” (Sonny Boy Williamson II, introduction; Otis Spann, piano; Willie Dixon, bass; Fred Below, drums), live, Germany, 1963
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lagniappe
art beat
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (artist unknown)
2018
Saturday, April 14th
serendipity
Yesterday, while working on an appeal for a client convicted of attempted murder, I bumped into this on the radio (WFMU, Bryce’s show). One-word review: Wow!
Peter Ruzicka (1948-), Metastrofe (1971), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Michael Gielen, cond.)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Xu Longsen (1956-), from Light of Heaven (through June 24th)
2018
Monday, April 2nd
tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing at Corbett v. Dempsey.
Peter Evans (trumpet), Levy Lorenzo (electronics, percussion), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Xu Longsen (1956-), from Light of Heaven (through June 24th)
2018
Saturday, February 10th
more
Does any pianist play Mozart with more verve?
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) playing Mozart (Sonata in D major [K 311], Sonata in F major [K 332]), Germany (Munich), 1991
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Fruits of the Midi1881
2018
Thursday, February 1st
more
Four Tet, “Morning Side,” live, Australia (Sydney), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Georges Braque (1882-1963), Landscape at L’Estaque, 1906
2018
Wednesday, January 31st
what’s new
Chris Dave and the Drumhedz, “Black Hole” (feat. Anderson .Paak), 1/18/18
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Albert Bloch (1882-1961), Harlequin and Three Pierrots, 1914
music clip of the day 