Wednesday, October 6th
sounds of Chicago
Marvin Tate (vocals, compositions) with Ben Lamar Gay (electronics, cornet, piano), Mike Reed (drums, percussion), et al., live, Chicago, 9/4/21
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Friday, October 1st
only rock ‘n’ roll
Kinks, live (“Victoria,” “Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues,” “Dedicated Follower of Fashion,” “Lola,” “Holiday,” “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” “You Really Got Me,” “All Day and All of the Night,” “Waterloo Sunset,” “Village Green Preservation Society”), London, early 1970s
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Tuesday, September 28th
like nobody else
This I could listen to all day.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Igor Levit (1987-, piano), 2020
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Monday, September 27th
sounds of Chicago
This is one of the best music festivals I know: thoughtfully programmed, lovingly presented.
Hyde Park Jazz Festival: Makaya McCraven (drums, compositions), Ensemble Dal Niente featuring Ken Vandermark (saxophone), live, Chicago, 9/25/21
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Sunday, September 26th
sounds of Chicago
Anointed Brown Sisters, “I Don’t Know What You’ve Come Do Do,” live, Chicago, 2010
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Wednesday, September 22nd
like nothing else
Annea Lockwood (1939-) & Yarn/Wire, “Into the Vanishing Point,” published 9/7/21
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2021
Thursday, September 16th
basement jukebox
Lee Perry (1936-2021), “People Funny Boy” (L. Perry), 1968
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2021
Wednesday, September 15th
sounds (and sights) of Chicago
Avreeayl Ra (voice, drums, percussion, flute) and Ed Wilkerson (didgeridoo, tenor saxophone), live, Chicago, 8/23/20
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Whatever it is,
I cannot understand it,
although gratitude
stubbornly overcomes me
until I’m reduced to tears.—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2021
Sunday, September 12th
sounds of Chicago
Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Royal Voices of Life, live (“I Shall Wear a Crown,” “Like a Ship,” “Nobody Knows”), Chicago, published 9/9/21
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It was not
for moon gazing I came
into Mount Yoshino
yet seeing it I grieve
over the sad world—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
2021
Thursday, September 9th
like nothing else
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Enigma (2019); Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon [violin], Maeve Feinberg [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]), 2021
Movt. I
Movt. II
Movt. III
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When I consider
how in this world
all is falling blossom—
what then must become
of this self?—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
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