Friday, June 7th
only rock ’n’ roll
The Stooges (1967-)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2013
Wednesday, June 5th
kinetic
Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone), Rez Abbasi (guitar), Rich Brown (bass), Rudy Royston (drums), “Killer,” “Playing with Stones,” Washington, D.C., 2012
2013
Friday, May 31st
Some voices wrap themselves around you and hold you. And you don’t want them to let go.
Ted Hawkins (1936-1995), singer, songwriter, street performer
“Happy Hour” (T. Hawkins)
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“Long As I Can See The Light” (J. Fogerty)
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
For some of us, music isn’t life or death, it’s much more important than that.
2013
Thursday, May 23rd
Some singers are so distinctive that when you’re in the mood for them no one else will do.
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009), “They Say It’s Spring,” 1958*
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lagniappe
reading table: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, England
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*BD, vocals, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Jo Jones, drums.
2013
Tuesday, May 21st
only rock ’n’ roll
Rolling Stones (with Katy Perry), “Beast of Burden,” live, Las Vegas, 5/13
Seeing Mick perform these days makes me queasy. When Muddy was nearing seventy, he seemed, onstage, entirely at home in himself. Mick seems like an old guy—he turns seventy in July—who wishes he were still twenty.
2013
Monday, May 20th
two takes
“Take Five” (P. Desmond)
Ceramic Dog (Marc Ribot, guitar; Shahzad Ismaily, bass & percussion; Ches Smith, drums), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2013
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Dave Brubeck Quartet (DB, piano; Paul Desmond, alto saxophone; Eugene Wright, bass; Joe Morello, drums), live, Germany, 1966
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry Tree, 1834
2013
Tuesday, May 7th
Only a world this noisy could produce music this quiet.
Evan Parker (soprano saxophone), et al.,* live, London (Freedom of the City festival), 2011
*Heledd Francis Wright (flute), John Russell (guitar), Augusti Fernandez (piano), Adam Linson (bass), Toma Gouband (percussion), Lawrence Casserley (electronics), Matt Wright (electronics).
2013
Saturday, May 4th
my kind of folks
Teletubbies (BBC, 1997-2001)
2013
Friday, May 3rd
only rock ’n’ roll
Wax Idols
“All Too Human,” 2011
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“When It Happens,” 2013
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