Monday, April 9th
what’s new
Ry Cooder, “The Prodigal Son” (trad., arr. R. Cooder, J. Cooder), live (studio), 3/30/18 (published)
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lagniappe
random sights
today (opening day at Wrigley Field), Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
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2018
Sunday, April 8th
two takes
“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,” aka “Motherless Child” (trad.)
Bessie Griffin, live, Holland, 1972
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Prince, live
2018
Saturday, April 7th
passings
Cecil Taylor, pianist, composer, bandleader, April 25, 1929-April 5, 2018
Today we celebrate his singular musical presence by revisiting a few favorites.
Live, 1981 (Imagine the Sound)
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With Max Roach (drums), live, New York (Columbia University), 2000
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With Harri Sjostrom (soprano saxophone), Tristan Honsinger (cello), Thurman Barker (marimba), Paul Lovens (drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995
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I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.
—Cecil Taylor
2018
Friday, April 6th
what’s new
Anderson .Paak, “Til It’s Over” (“Welcome Home,” directed for Apple by Spike Jonze, featuring FKA twigs), 3/5/18
2018
Monday, April 2nd
tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing at Corbett v. Dempsey.
Peter Evans (trumpet), Levy Lorenzo (electronics, percussion), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Xu Longsen (1956-), from Light of Heaven (through June 24th)
2018
Thursday, March 29th
When did you last hear this combination—piano, drums, turntables?
Sophie Agnel (piano), Michael Vatcher (drums), Joke Lanz (turntables), live, France (Mulhouse), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, March 28th
“The Past” (composition for film, accordion, soprano saxophone/electronics), Molly Jones (composition, soprano saxophone, electronics), Borey Shinn (accordion), Irvine, Calif., 2016
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
In the future multimedia performances will be so common that the term “multimedia” will fall out of use.
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, March 23rd
what’s new
August Greene (Common, vocals; Robert Glasper, keyboards; Karriem Riggins, drums; et al.) with guest singers Samora Pinderhughes, Maimouna Youssef, Brandy, Andra Day, live, Washington, D.C., 2/21/18
2018
Thursday, March 22nd
what’s new
Asterids (alto saxophonists Charlotte Greve, Caroline Davis, Caleb Curtis, Oscar Noriega [l-r]), live, New York (Bushwick Public House, Brooklyn), 3/12/2018
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lagniappe
reading table
The two plum trees—
I love their blooming!
one early, one later.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Wednesday, March 21st
tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing at Constellation.
The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, baritone saxophone; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass; Paal Nilssen-Love, drums), live, London, 2010
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