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
music clip of the day
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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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2018
Thursday, March 1st
more
Bob Dylan, “It Ain’t Me Babe” (B. Dylan), live
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lagniappe
reading table
today too, today too
the nettle tree snags
the kite—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Wednesday, February 28th
trumpet festival
day three
Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet (WLS, trumpet, compositions; Anthony Davis, piano; John Lindberg, bass; Pheeroan akLaff, drums), “Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 381 Days,” live, Spain (San Sebastian), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2018
Tuesday, February 27th
trumpet festival
day two
Marcos Balter (1974-), Landscape of Fear (2015); Ryan Muncy (soprano saxophone) & Peter Evans (piccolo trumpet), live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Thursday, February 22nd
more
Julius Eastman (1940-1990), Stay on It (1973), live, Switchboard Music Festival, San Francisco, 2016*
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lagniappe
random thoughts
The paper clip in my desk drawer will outlive me.
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*Annie Phillips, bass clarinet; Jeff Anderle, clarinet; Aram Shelton, alto saxophone; Alisa Rose, violin; Hannah Addario-Berry, cello; Helen Newby, cello; Dominique Leone, piano; Mark Clifford, vibraphone; Jordan Glenn, drums.
2018
Wednesday, February 21st
sounds to inhabit
Julius Eastman (1940-1990), Crazy Nigger (1979); pianists Joseph Kubera, Todd Moellenberg, Brendan Nguyen, and Richard Valitutto, live, Los Angeles, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, February 20th
sounds of the Netherlands
Whenever I hear him, I want to hear more.
Ab Baars (shakuhachi, clarinet, tenor saxophone), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, February 19th
In a country that continues to coarsen, delicacy grows ever more precious.
John Luther Adams (1953-), there is no one, not even the wind (2017); Emerald City Music, live (world premiere), Seattle, 9/15/17
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
