Thursday, May 4th
Sometimes, like yesterday, when I bumped into this, what I really need, whether I know it or not, is something kaleidoscopic.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Holz (“Wood”); Ensemble Dal Niente (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Chicago, 2016
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2017
Friday, April 28th
spring!
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958
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Bob Dorough (1923-; vocals, piano), “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” (T. Wolf, F. Landesman), 1997
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Sun Ra Arkestra (SR, 1914-1993), piano; June Tyson, vocals; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone, et al.), “Springtime Again” (S. Ra), live, Rome, 1980
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Thursday, April 27th
timeless
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977), “Haunted Feelings,” 1971
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lagniappe
reading table
secluded house—
the drunk hired hand
in the autumn dusk—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2017
Wednesday, April 26th
more
Han Bennink (drums, 4/17/1942-), live, Amsterdam, 4/15/17
With Ab Barrs (tenor saxophone), Terrie Ex (guitar)
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With ICP (Instant Composers Pool) Orchestra and friends
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lagniappe
art beat
William Klein (1928-), New York, 1950s
2017
Saturday, April 15th
sounds of Russia
One-word review: mesmerizing.
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-), Fachwerk for bayan, percussion, and string orchestra (2009); Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, live, 2013
2017
Monday, April 10th
musical movements
Urban Bush Women, “Walking with ‘Trane” (fragments, commentary), Rockville, Md., 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Saturday, April 8th
Sounds so soft they might, it seems, be emanating from your mind.
Jürg Frey (1953-), Floating Categories (2015), live, England (Bristol), 2016
2017
Friday, April 7th
This, I just found, has more than 21 million views. (Where have I been?)
Florence and the Machine, “Cosmic Love”
Live (studio performance), Seattle, 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
I had been happy, happy enough, but now I often found myself uttering a spontaneous prayer that went, simply: She is here, still here.
—George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo
2017
Thursday, April 6th
Think you know what a trumpet sounds like?
Nate Wooley (trumpet), live, New York, 4/3/17
#1
#2
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lagniappe
reading table
lights have entered
us it is a music more powerfulthan music
—George Oppen (1908-1984), “Till Other Voices Wake Us,” fragment
