Monday, March 28th
what’s new
Mike Pride (drums), Joanna Mattrey (viola), Brandon Lopez (bass), live, New York (house concert, Brooklyn), 3/26/22
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2022
Thursday, March 17th
voices I miss
Billy Bang Quintet (BB, 1947-2011, violin, compositions; James Zollar, trumpet; Andrew Bemkey, piano; Todd Nicholson, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums), live, New York, 2006
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Look at your past, how it’s grown.
—Karen Solie (1966-), from “All That Is Certain Is Night Lasts Longer Than the Day”
2022
Wednesday, March 9th
what’s new
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 3/1/22
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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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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Interchanged (1955)
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Wednesday, February 23rd
sounds of New York
Yoni Kretzmer Trio (YT, tenor saxophone; William Parker, bass; Randy Peterson, drums), live, New York, last night
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Tuesday, February 8th
like nobody else
John Zorn’s Acoustic Masada (JZ, 1953-, alto saxophone, compositions; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums), live, Vienne (France), 2006
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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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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), detail from Greyed Rainbow (1953)
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Monday, January 31st
only rock ‘n’ roll
Norah Jones (vocals, keyboard) with Brian Blade (drums), Sasha Dobson (vocals), Gus Seyffert (bass, vocals), live, New York, published 1/28/22
“I’ve Got a Feeling” (Lennon–McCartney)
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“Let It Be” (Lennon–McCartney)
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2022
Friday, January 28th
what’s new
Jake Xerxes Fussell (vocals, guitar) with Libby Rodenbough (violin, harmonium, vocals) and Casey Toll (bass), live (“The River St. Johns,” “Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing on a Sweet Potato Vine?”, “Breast of Glass”), Pittsboro, North Carolina, published 1/25/22
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Friday, January 21st
only rock ‘n’ roll
Carl Perkins (1932-1998), “Honey Don’t” (C. Perkins), live (TV show), 1956
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Sight of that mountain
makes me forget
I’m getting old—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
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