Thursday, May 9th
reimagining
Christopher Trapani (1980-), Visions and Revisions (2013); JACK Quartet, 2018
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Bob Dylan, “Visions of Johanna” (B. Dylan), 1966
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: cello
2019
Tuesday, April 22nd
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton ZIM Sextet (AB, 1945-, reeds, composition; Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet, flugelhorn, trombone; Ingrid Laubrock, reeds; Tomeka Reid, cello; Shelley Burgon, harp; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; Dan Peck, tuba), live, Germany (Moers), 2017
2019
Tuesday, March 26th
sounds of Chicago
George Lewis (1952-), String Quartet No. 1.5, “Experiments in Living” (2016); Spektral Quartet, live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Tuesday, March 19th
sounds of New York
We Free Strings,* live New York, 1/18/19
*Melanie Dyer, viola; Charles Burnham, violin; Gwen Laster, violin; Alex Waterman, cello; Ken Filiano, bass; Michael Wimberly, percussion.
2019
Saturday, January 19th
what’s new
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, excerpt (Prelude); Yo-Yo Ma (cello), 1/14/19
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Tuesday, January 15th
what’s new
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, compositions) featuring Spektral Quartet, live (“Rosario,” “Milagrosa,” “Villabeño”), Washington, D.C., 1/4/19
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lagniappe
reading table
thin wall—
from the mouse’s hole
the cold—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2019
Monday, January 14th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Tarkovsky Quartet (François Couturier, piano; Anja Lechner, cello; Jean-Marc Larché, soprano saxophone; Jean-Louis Matinier, accordion), “Nuit blanche,” 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
I prefer winter . . . when you feel the bone structure of the landscape . . . . Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.
—painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), Times Literary Supplement, 11/23/18
2019
Friday, January 11th
more
Arthur Russell (1951-1992), singer, songwriter, cellist, producer
“You and Me Both” (A. Russell)
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“This Is How We Walk on the Moon” (A. Russell)
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“Springfield” (A. Russell)
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lagniappe
reading table
I’m saying this and it’s saying me
—Peter Gizzi (1959-), from “Archeophonics”
2019
Tuesday, January 8th
more
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 1 in G major; Lucia Swarts (cello), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2014
2019
Friday, January 4th
like nobody else
Arthur Russell (1951-1992), singer, songwriter, cellist, producer; “That’s Us/Wild Combination” (A. Russell), with Jennifer Warnes (Calling Out of Context, 2004)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 