Tuesday, May 14th
like nothing else
Andy Moor (1962-, guitar), Marta Warelis (1986-, piano), live, France (Montreuil), 2023
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2024
Wednesday, May 1st
alone
Andrew Hill (1931-2007, piano, compositions), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1975
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Saturday, April 27th
alone
Paul Bley (1932-2016, piano), live, San Francisco, 1976*
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*First Set: (1) ? ; (2) “Ictus, Vashkar” [12:05-]; (3) “I Loves You, Porgy” (ends w/ “I Remember Harlem”) [21:47-]; (4) Seven [31:12-]; (5) Mr. Joy [40:17-]; (6) “Don’t Explain” (ends w/ “Music Matador”) [50:02-]; (7) “Olhos de Gato ” [57:17-]; (8) ? [1:05:40-]; (9) “I Can’t Get Started” [1:17:02-].
Second Set: coming.
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Saturday, April 20th
like nobody else
Moondog (aka Louis Hardin; 1916-1999), composer, musician, singer
“All Is Loneliness” (L. Hardin)
Moondog, 1956
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Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet, 2023
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2024
Monday, April 8th
sounds of New York
These two sets, live-streamed last night, are very different. The first is wonderful. The second? One of the best things I’ve heard in a long time.
First Set: Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, electronics) & Adam O’Farrill (trumpet, electronics) Duo, 10:00-
Second Set: Patricia Brennan’s SeVeN (Patricia Brennan, vibraphone, electronics; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, electronics; Jon Irabagon, alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Kim Cass, bass; Dan Weiss, drums; Mauricio Herrera, percussion), 1:14:00-
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Thursday, April 4th
sounds of all over
Hear in Now Expanded* + QWANQWA**, Weaving Strands of Sound from Addis Ababa to Chicago, live (music begins at 13:30), New York, 4/3/24
*Tomeka Reid (cello, compositions), Mazz Swift (violin, compositions), Silvia Bolognesi (bass, compositions), yuniya edi kwon (violin), Chad Taylor (drums)
**Misale Legesse Muleta (kebero), Anteneh “Bubu” Teklemariam Barago (bass krar), Selamnesh Zemene Taye (vocals), Kaethe Hostetter (violin), Endres “Endris” Hassen Ahmed (masinko)
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2024
Wednesday, April 3rd
like nothing else
Jürg Frey, “Architecture Circulaire” (2017), for 5 contrabass clarinets and 5 percussionists (clarinets: Armand Angster, Hans Koch, Theo Nabicht, Ernesto Molinari, Olivier Vivarès; percussion: Eklekto [Alexandre Babel, Sébastien Cordier, Louis Delignon, Florian Feyer, Dorian Fretto]), live, Geneva, 2017
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2024
Saturday, March 23rd
sounds of New York
Ches Smith & Laugh Ash (CS, electronics, drums, percussion; Shara Lunon, voice and vocal processing, lyrics; Anna Webber, flute; Oscar Noriega, clarinets; James Brandon Lewis, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Jennifer Choi, violin; Kyle Armbrust, viola; Michael Nicolas, cello; Shahzad Ismaily, bass, Moog), live, New York, 3/20/24
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art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)
Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #3 (1974), detail
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Tuesday, March 19th
sounds of New York
Earle Brown (1926-2002), Times Five (1963), for chamber ensemble; Argento New Music Project (Michel Galante, conductor; Francesca Ferrera, flute; William Lang, trombone; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; Conrad Harris, violin; Michael Katz, cello), live, New York, 2023
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Thursday, March 14th
sounds of Chicago
Macie Stewart (violin, voice), Ben LaMar Gay (cornet, electronics, voice), live, Chicago, 2/22/24
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art beat: other day, Smart Museum (University of Chicago)
Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009), Untitled (1970s), detail
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