passings
Some drumming is solid. Some, like this, liquid.
Charles “Bobo” Shaw, drummer, September 15, 1947-January 16, 2017
With Lester Bowie (trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “Bugle Boy Bop” (Bugle Boy Bop, recorded 1977; released 1983)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
Helen Levitt (MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
How about a trip to Prague?
Cesare Tedesco (handpan), live, Prague (Charles Bridge), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Woman and Bicycle, 1952-53
more
Patti Smith, “Peaceable Kingdom,” “People Have the Power” (with Michael Stipe), live, New York, 12/5/16
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Another take.
Live (“People Have the Power,” with Michael Stipe), Chicago, 12/30/16
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, New York
Perhaps even more striking than his self-absorbed failure to acknowledge the award in a meaningful way was her generous-spirited performance, in Stockholm, of his song.
Patti Smith, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” (B. Dylan), live, Stockholm, 12/10/16
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
two takes
“What a Wonderful World” (B. Thiele & G.D. Weiss)
George Adams (1940-1992; tenor saxophone) & Don Pullen (1941-1995; piano), live, Japan (Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival), 1989
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Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), live (TV show), England, 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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what we’re about to lose
Michelle Obama, speaking to a gathering of school counselors at the White House (excerpt), yesterday
Our glorious diversity—our diversities of faiths, and colors, and creeds—that is not a threat to who we are; it makes us who we are.
sounds of New York
What other drummer does so much with so little?
Paul Motian Trio (PM, drums; Joe Lovano, tenor saxophone; Bill Frisell, guitar), “It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago” (P. Motian), live, New York, 2005
Making good on my resolution.
Stanescu Florin, live, Istanbul, 2014
New Year’s resolution
More accordion.
Live, Paris, 2012
sounds of New York
This guy’s one of my favorite alto players and composers.
Tim Berne’s Almost Human (TB, alto saxophone, composition; Matt Mitchell, piano; Dan Weiss, drums), live, New York, 12/14/16
#1
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sounds of New York
Pulverize the Sound (Peter Evans, trumpet; Tim Dahl, bass; Mike Pride, drums), live, New York, 2013
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lagniappe
reading table
Jackie Evancho, a 16-year-old singer who became famous after appearing on “America’s Got Talent,” announced last week that she would sing the national anthem at the inauguration.
—“Andrea Bocelli Won’t Be Singing at the Trump Inauguration,” New York Times, 12/20/16
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