Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Mind Maintenance (Joshua Abrams [guimbri, aka gimbri or gumbri], Chad Taylor [mbira]), “Glow & Glimmer,” 2021
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
sounds of Morocco
Maalem Mohamed Guinia (1951-2015, voice, gimbri [aka gumbri]), live, Morocco (Marrakech), 2014
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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What is the self-sufficient self, if not the self that exaggerates its own resources?
—Leon Wieseltier, “‘The Wise, Too, Shed Tears,'” Liberties (Summer 2021)
sounds of Morocco
Maalem Mohamed Kouyou (1957-, voice, gimbri [aka gumbri]), live, Morocco (Marrakech), 2014
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musical thoughts
Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe
—Albert Ayler (saxophonist, 1936-1970), album title (1969)
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random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of Morocco and New York
Innov Gnawa, “Foulani Hiriza & Soye,” live, New York, 2015
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Hamid Drake (drums, percussion; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Michael Zerang (drums, percussion), Joshua Abrams (bass, gumbri), Ayako Kato (movement), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night
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yesterday, Chicago
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Don’t say my hut has nothing to offer:
come and I will share with you
the cool breeze that fills my window.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by John Stevens
Morocco to Brooklyn to Marfa
Innov Gnawa, live, Marfa, Texas, 4/13/18
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Taking a break—back in a while.
sounds of Morocco
Mourad Belouadi, “Mawama,” live, Morocco (M’hamid), 2014
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random thoughts
Note to self: Let your mind be occupied, fully, by the Other.
sounds of Morocco
Mahmoud Guinia (1951-2015), gimbri (aka guembri, sintir), live, Morocco (Marrakesh), 2015
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Four negatives make a positive.
—John Ashbery (1927-), “The Pie District” (excerpt), Breezeway (2015)
1, 2, 3 strings—that’s all
Maalem Ben Aissa, AKA Maalem Benaissa (gumbri [aka gimbri]), live, Algieria (Algiers), 2007
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recipe
3 strings
~20 hands
~10 voices
2 feet
Mix lightly; let rise.
Malem Mustafa Bakbou, gimbri; live; Gnawa lila; Morocco (Marrekech), 1990
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
—Samuel Beckett, Worstword Ho (1983)
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