Need a break from the incessant noise?
Jürg Frey (1953-), Canones Incerti (2010), Jürg Frey (clarinet), et al., live
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lagniappe
baseball
Baseball is such a perfect game in some ways that it takes 162 to decide nothing.
—Cubs manager Joe Maddon on the Cubs/Brewers tie
sounds of Chicago
Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017), piano, “Young at Heart” (Young at Heart/Wise in Time, 1974)
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reading table
I’m finite – I cant see –
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This timid life of Evidence
Keeps pleading – “I don’t know” –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 725 (Franklin)
more
John Cage (1912-1992), Sonatas and Interludes, for prepared piano (1946-48), excerpts; James Tenney (piano), live, West Hollywood, Calif., 2002
#1
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random sights
last month, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Chicago
Chicago Community Choir with Jessy Dixon (vocals, organ), Rev. Milton Brunson (vocals, choir direction), et al., 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Chicago (West Armitage)
more
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, composition) and Spektral Quartet, “Viejo” (Yo Soy La Tradición), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Jesse Myers (piano), live, Seattle, 2018
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), First Stone (print, artist’s proof), 1961
this week in Chicago
They’re playing Thursday at Constellation and Friday at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (benefit for Puerto Rico).
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, compositions) and Spektral Quartet (Yo Soy La Tradición, 2018)
“Milagrosa”
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“Promesa”
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Playing and talking
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
basement jukebox
Otis Rush (1934-)
“All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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“I Can’t Quit You Baby,” 1956
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“Double Trouble,” 1958
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lagniappe
found words
Actor we forgot was married to a model
—AOL
voices I miss
The way a bass should sound—fat, dark, bottomless.
Malachi Favors (1927-2004), live, New York, 2001
alone
Kris Davis (piano), live, Chicago, 2018 (excerpt)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Maywood, Ill.
music clip of the day 