sounds of Paris
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, voice, compositions; Lester St. Louis, cello, voice; Anton Hatwich, bass, voice; Chad Taylor, drums, mbira), live, Paris, 7/12/21
first set
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second set
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
like nobody else
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Structures (1951); Arditti Quartet, 2016
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of New York
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, drums, compositions; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 2019
#1
*****
#2
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
like nothing else
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, voice, composition; Lester St. Louis, cello, voice; Anton Hatwich, bass, voice; Chad Taylor, drums), “prayer for amerikkka pt. 1 & 2” (live, Zürich, 1/23/20), with animation by Theodore Darst and Gregory Nachmanovitch, published 5/11/21
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Joe McPhee (tenor saxophone, voice), Tomeka Reid (cello), live, Chicago (Corbett vs. Dempsey [art gallery]), 6/19/21
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 5 in C minor for Unaccompanied Cello; Steven Isserlis (cello), live, New York, 2018
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
what’s new
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello, compositions; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), live (“Billy Bang’s Bounce,” “Niki’s Bop,” “Ballad,” “Aug 6,” “Glass Light,” “Woodlawn”), Los Angeles, 5/27/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suites No. 1 in G major and No. 3 in C major for Unaccompanied Cello; Steven Isserlis (cello), live, London, 2020
what’s new
Laurie Anderson (1947-, vocals, electronics, violin, compositions) with Roma Baran (synthesizer), Rubin Kodheli (cello), live (“Let x=x,” “Violin Cello Improv,” “O Superman”), New York, published 5/20/21
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Glen Ellyn)
*****
reading table
The distant mountains
are reflected in the eye
of the dragonfly—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
what’s new
Don Li (1971-), “Different Zones”; Jojo Mayer (drums, voice), JACK Quartet, published 5/13/21
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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