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2020

Thursday, June 11th

like nothing else

Evan Parker ElectroAcoustic Nonet  (Evan Parker, saxophone; Barry Guy, bass; Paul Lytton, drums; Peter Evans, trumpet; Okkyung Lee, cello; Sten Sandell, piano; Richard Barrett, electronics; Paul Obermayer, electronics; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, France (Mulhouse), 2015

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other day, Chicago

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A melancholic introspection retrospective
Was taking place in a white-walled room called Summer Was.

—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “Don’t” (Elegy, 2007)

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2020

Friday, June 5, 2020

what’s new

Harriet Tubman (Brandon Ross, guitar, vocals; Melvin Gibbs, bass; JT Lewis, drums), “The Green Book Blues,” “Blacktal Fractal,” “Redemption Song,” “Can’t Tarry,” live (studio), Seattle, published 6/1/20

 

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2020

Friday, May 29th

like nobody else

Blossom Dearie (1924-2009, vocals, piano), “Manhattan” (R. Rodgers, L. Hart), 1959

 

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Gray hairs being plucked,
and from below my pillow
a cricket singing

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill

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2020

Friday, May 22nd

only rock ‘n’ roll

PJ Harvey, live, London, 2004

 

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Falling blossoms.
Blossoms in bloom are also
falling blossoms.

—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi

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2020

Thursday, May 21st

sounds of Senegal

Cheikh Lô (1955-, vocals, guitar, drums), live (studio), Seattle, 2020

 

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2020

Wednesday, May 20th

One-word review: spellbinding.

De Yeon Kim (gayageum), Tyshawn Sorey (drums), live, Boston, 2019

 

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2020

Wednesday, May 13th

This I could listen to all day.

Ikue Mori (1953-, electronics), Steve Noble (1960-, percussion), live, Copenhagen, 2016

 

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2020

Monday, May 11th

more

Susan Alcorn (1953-, pedal steel guitar), Nels Cline (1956-, guitar, electronics), Chris Corsano (1975-, drums, electronics), live, New York, 2016

 

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As the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi said, life is like getting into a boat that’s just about to sail out to sea and sink.

—Pema Chödrön (1936-), When Things Fall Apart (1997)

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2020

Friday, May 8th

timeless

Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), “The More I See You” (H. Warren, M. Gordon), live, Sweden (Stockholm), 1964

 

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2020

Saturday, May 2nd

passings

Tony Allen, drummer, August 12, 1940–April 30, 2020

Today, remembering him, we revisit some old posts.

8/15/18

like nobody else

Tony Allen (drums), “Wolf Eats Wolf,” 2017

 

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9/23/15

Perhaps the greatest drummer ever.

—Brian Eno

Tony Allen—three takes.

Recording studio, 2009


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Paris, 2015


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Istanbul, 2015

 

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3/3/15

what you simply cannot do 

Listen to this drummer without feeling lighter, livelier.

Tony Allen (drums, vocals) & Band, live, Luxembourg, 2011

 

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9/22/12

Questlove (:10-) & Tony Allen (1:25-), live, Paris, 2011

 

What a contrast. Questlove, focusing on power and momentum, pushes the beat. Tony lies behind it, skips ahead, lies back again, favoring suppleness and elasticity.

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