Sunday, June 12th
timeless
The Harmonizing Four, “We’re Crossing Over,” live, Germany, 1966
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Germany
2022
Wednesday, April 27th
sounds (and sights) of Berlin
Two brothers: four hands.
Mind Against (Alessandro and Federico Fognini, DJs), live, Berlin, 2020
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, March 15th
what’s new
Ensemble Musikfabrik (Marco Blaauw, trumpet, curator; Benjamin Kobler, piano), live, Cologne (Germany), yesterday: John Cage, The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Rebecca Saunders, Blaauw (2004) for double bell trumpet; Rebecca Saunders, Unsaid (2019) for piano; Rebecca Saunders, White (2015, rev. 2016) for double bell trumpet; Morton Feldman, Last Pieces (1959) for piano; Alvin Singleton, Vous Compra (2001) for trumpet and piano
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, March 11th
Spare, lyrical, introspective—what better way to end the week?
Abdullah Ibrahim (1934-, piano), live (“Blue Bolero,” “Signal on the Hill,” “Once Upon a Midnight”), Germany (Chiemgau), published 3/9/22
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my back pages
In the digital age, nothing, it seems, ever disappears, including, for instance, a review of his trio that I wrote, for the Chicago Reader, in 1995.
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random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2022
Tuesday, March 1st
sounds of Berlin
Stephan Bodzin (DJ), live, Berlin, 2015
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, February 26th
A sound-world like no other.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Prozession (2015/20); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Enno Poppe, cond.), live, Leipzig (Germany), 11/22/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, February 24th
sounds of Jamaica
Burning Spear, live, Hamburg (Germany), 1981
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, January 27th
alone
Rebecca Saunders (1967-), White (2016); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Marco Blaauw, trumpet), Cologne (Germany), published 1/17/22
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, January 18th
more
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto in A-minor (BWV 1041); Frankfurt Radio Symphony (Philippe Herreweghe, cond.) with Vilde Frang (violin), live, Frankfurt (Germany), 12/3/21
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, January 6th
voices I miss
Betty Carter (1929-1998, vocals), with Benny Green (piano), Winard Harper (drums), Michael Bowie (bass), live, Leverkusen (Germany), 1986
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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