tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing, together, at Constellation.
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn, “Fox Fire” (Duopoly), 2016
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Is not all music, even the most niggardly, beautiful to the person who loves the very being and existence of music?
—Robert Walser (1878-1956), “The Walk” (translated from German by Christopher Middleton and Susan Bernofsky)
sounds of Mali and South Africa
Twelve strings, two voices—that’s it.
Habib Koite (Mali; lead vocals, guitar), Vusi Mahlasela (South Africa; vocals, guitar), “Africa,” live (studio performance), Seattle, 2016
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reading table
Deep autumn—
my neighbor,
how does he live, I wonder?—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
what’s new
Wadada Leo Smith,* “New Orleans: The National Culture Park USA 1718” (W.L. Smith), excerpt (America’s National Parks, out 10/14/16)
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Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 143 (Franklin), excerpt
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*WLS, trumpet; Anthony Davis, piano; Ashley Walters, cello; John Lindberg, bass; Pheeroan akLaff, drums.
alone
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Klavierstück V
Maurizio Pollini (1942-), live, Paris, 2002
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The morning glory!
this too cannot be
my friend.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Aitken
A prediction I made in 2011—she’d be a big star someday—seems to have come true: this has over 8 million views.
Nneka, “Walking,” live, Berlin, 2015
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autumn rain
he’s just like me . . .
the snail—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
tonight in Chicago
These folks, along with lots of others, will be performing at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Supreme Love, “Resolution” (J. Coltrane), live, Chicago, 2015
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Amir Elsaffar Two Rivers Ensemble, live, Germany (Bremen), 2016
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art beat: other day, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Kerry James Marshall (1955-), Our Town, 1995 (Kerry James Marshall, Mastry, through 9/25/16)
How strange it seems, still, that he should be dead.
Prince with Mavis Staples, et al., live, England (King’s Cross), 1993
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art beat: yesterday, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Kerry James Marshall (1955-), Slow Dance, 1992-93 (Kerry James Marshall, Mastry, through 9/25/16)
sounds of New York
As funky as it is abstract, as abstract as it is funky—like life itself.
Farmers by Nature (Craig Taborn, piano; William Parker, bass; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live, Paris, 2011
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art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
Stuart Davis (1892-1964), Landscape with Garage Lights, 1931-32 (Stuart Davis: In Full Swing, through 9/25/16)
sounds of Mali
Salif Keita, live, Switzerland (Winterthur), 2013
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she keeps the nest
nice and neat . . .
widow bird—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, if sleep leaves and doesn’t return, I’ll put one of these on repeat, softly.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Piano and String Quartet (1985); Aki Takahashi and Kronos Quartet, 1993
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John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001), 2002
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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