like nobody else
Henry Threadgill (alto saxophone, composition; MCOTD Hall of Fame) & Make a Move, live, Italy (Perugia), 1996
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Vase in the Form of Leda and the Swan, 1887-1888 (Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, through September 10th)
sounds of Chicago
Pipe, “Play That Johnny Cash Song,” 2014
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Luther Adams (1953-), In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (1999); Faculty & Fellows, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass., 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #12, 1977
sounds of Chicago (and St. Louis)
Pastor DeAndre Patterson (Destiny Worship Center, Chicago), live, St. Louis (Kennerly Temple Church of God in Christ), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, late 1960s
sounds of Chicago
Solstice Drum Quartet (l-r: Michael Zerang, Mike Reed, Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], Avreeayl Ra) & Guests (Mars Williams, Nick Mazzarella, saxophones; Dan Phillips, guitar; Tatsu Aoki, bass), live, Chicago, 2016
Want to be swept away?
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Cello Concerto in A minor; Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra with Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), live, Amsertdam, 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), Fresh Air for the Baby, New York East Side, c. 1910
voices I miss
Some musicians suck up oxygen; others increase the available supply.
Jaki Byard (piano, 1922-1999), live, Berlin, 1965
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Bullfinch on camellia branch, early 1830s
voices I miss
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Mal Waldron (piano), Charles Rouse (tenor saxophone, flute), Woody Shaw (trumpet, flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (bass), live (“The Git Go,” “All Alone,” “Fire Waltz”), New York (Village Vanguard), 1985
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Irises at Horikiri, 1857
voices I miss
Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone, 1934-2004), “Wasted” (S. Lacy), live, Paris, 1982
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Yatsumi Bridge, 1856
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