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Daniel Carter (flute, trumpet, tenor saxophone) and Hamid Drake (percussion, voice; MCOTD Hall of Fame), live, New York, 2014
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yesterday, Chicago
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Civilization – spurns – the Leopard!
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 276 (Franklin)
sounds of New York
Marc Ribot (guitar), Jay Rodriguez (tenor saxophone, flute), Nick Dunston (bass), Chad Taylor (drums), live New York, 2019
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other day, Chicago
This I could listen to all day.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
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a while ago, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
The Bridge: Separatist Party (Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Fred Jackson, alto saxophone, flute; Marvin Tate, vocals; Mike Reed, drums, keyboard; Jakob Heineman, bass; Nolan Chin, piano, keyboard), live (performance starts at 13:00), Chicago (Constellation), last night
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Even this mountain
moss grows flowers all its own—
thus nature bestows—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
sounds of Chicago
Ben LaMar Gay (flute, melodica, electronics), “Bridge Lift,” live, Chicago (DuSable Bridge), 10/9/19
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yesterday, Chicago
Why not begin the week with something that’s unlike anything you’ve ever heard before?
Nathalie Joachim (vocals, flute, electronics, compositions, arrangements) and Spektral Quartet, Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), live (with recorded voices), New York (Kaufman Music Center), 2019
Composer/performer Nathalie Joachim and Spektral Quartet perform Joachim’s Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), an evening-length work for voice, flute, string quartet and electronics. A celebration of some of Haiti’s most iconic yet under recognized female artists as well as an exploration of Joachim’s Haitian heritage, Fanm d’Ayiti features original songs incorporating the recorded voices of Joachim’s grandmother and the girls’ choir of her family’s home farming village of Dantan; new arrangements of songs by some of the greatest known female voices in Haitian history; and recorded interviews with these artists about their lives fighting for social justice and uplifting the people of Haiti.
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble and Alarm Will Sound, “Anthem” (M. Monk), published 8/22/20
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yesterday, outside Chicago
sounds of Paris
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), . . . explosante-fixe . . . (for solo MIDI flute, two “shadow” flutes, chamber orchestra, and electronics, 1991–93); Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, cond.), live, Paris, 2015
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Otherworldly sounds for an all too worldly world.
Lea Bertucci (flute, alto saxophone, electronics) with Bradley Eros (visuals), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/7/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Robert Dick (bass flute), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Gamin (piri), live, New York, 2/29/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Now spring has arrived
on a mountain with no name
in early morning haze—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
