Monday, June 21st
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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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: cello
2021
Tuesday, June 15th
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
2021
Wednesday, June 9th
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)
2021
Tuesday, June 8th
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
2021
Friday, May 28th
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Glen Ellyn)
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reading table
The distant mountains
are reflected in the eye
of the dragonfly—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2021
Thursday, May 27th
what’s new
Don Li (1971-), “Different Zones”; Jojo Mayer (drums, voice), JACK Quartet, published 5/13/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, May 26th
alone
Tomeka Reid (cello), “Airs for Eliza,” live, Milwaukee, 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Saturday, May 22nd
sounds of Chicago
Keefe Jackson Trio (KJ, saxophone, clarinet; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Roebke, bass), live, Chicago, last night (performance begins at 15:00)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Saturday, May 8th
sounds of Chicago
Kimmel/Ali/Harris (Jeff Kimmel, clarinet, electronics; Ishmael Ali, cello, guitar, electronics; Bill Harris, drums, synthesizer), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Summer night
transforms to daybreak.
I count fleas.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from the Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2021
Tuesday, May 4th
alone
György Kurtág (1926-), from Signs, Games and Messages (Jelek 1, Jelek 2); Nuala McKenna (cello), live, Netherlands (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo), published 5/1/21
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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