Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in A minor (BMV 543); Kris Verhelst (harpsichord), live, Belgium (Antwerp), 2016
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Sam Weinberg (tenor saxophone), live, New York, 9/8/20
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George Lewis (1952-), String Quartet No. 1.5, “Experiments in Living” (2016); Spektral Quartet, 8/27/20
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Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “I’m A Rollin’, I’m A Rollin’ (Everybody’s A Rollin’ Stone),” 1961, New York (Alan Lomax’s apartment)
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to become a dewdrop
I bow
in prayer . . .—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
sounds of Chicago
Twin Talk (Dustin Laurenzi, tenor saxophone; Katie Ernst, bass, voice; Andrew Green, drums), live, Chicago (Constellation), 8/14/20
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Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly (MR, drums; Greg Ward, alto saxophone; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone; Joshua Abrams, bass), live (performance begins at 13:10), Chicago (Constellation), 8/15/20
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Moon in midsky, high
over the village hovels
and wandering on—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
what’s new
Buscabulla, live (“Mio,” “Nydia,” “Club Tú y Yo”), Puerto Rico (Aguadilla), published 8/18/20
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Why not immerse yourself in something beautiful?
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), String Quartet No. 12 in F major (“American,” 1893); Lincoln String Quartet (featuring members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Qing Hou and Lei Hou, violins; Lawrence Neuman, viola; Kenneth Olsen, cello), live, Chicago, 8/16/20
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James Brandon Lewis (tenor saxophone) and Chad Taylor (mbira, drums), live, New York (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 8/8/20
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Flatbush Zombies, live (“when i’m gone,” “Palm Trees,” “Afterlife”), Los Angeles, published 8/13/20
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