Friday, November 3rd
like nothing else
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Hank Roberts (cello), Aurora Nealand (accordion, voice, clarinet), live, New York, 11/1/23
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Thursday, November 2nd
timeless
The other night, driving to Kankakee to see a client in jail, I couldn’t have asked for better company.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Quatuor Ébène with Damien Bachmann (clarinet), live, France (Wissembourg), 2018
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Thursday, October 26th
Looking for something fresh?
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone, composition), Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), “Grammy Season,” published 3/31/23
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Saturday, September 9th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Yo-Yo Ma (1955-, cello), live (Great Smoky Mountains), published 9/7/23
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Tuesday, August 8th
passings
Tristan Honsinger, cellist, etc., October 23, 1949–August 5, 2023
With Schuichi Chino (piano), live, Italy (Trieste), 4/7/23
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With Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, 2021
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With Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet), Herb Robertson (trumpet, etc.), Kresten Osgood (drums, etc.), live, Copenhagen, 2018
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With Cecil Taylor Quintet (CT, piano; Harri Sjostrom, soprano saxophone; TH, cello; Thurman Barker, marimba, percussion; Paul Lovens, drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995
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Thursday, June 15th
sounds of New York
Michael Attias (alto saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York (Main Drag, Brooklyn), 3/29/23
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Thursday, June 8th
sounds of Chicago
Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23
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Wednesday, May 17th
what’s new
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Anthony Pirog (guitar), Jarrett Gilgore (alto saxophone), Janel Leppin (cello), live, Washington, D.C., 5/1/23
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Tuesday, March 21st
Complex? Yes. But its complexity is matched by its clarity. It breathes.
Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Composition for Twelve Instruments (1948, rev. 1954): Ensemble conducted by Ralph Shapey (1921-2002), 1962
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Wednesday, March 15th
serendipity
What a joy, last night, to bump into this.
Perfect? No.
Exhilarating? Yes.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 5 in C minor for Unaccompanied Cello: Isabelle Nichols (cello), live, Houston (Rice University), 2022
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