Friday, June 24th
what’s new
Wyclef Jean, “Hendrix,” 6/17/16
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2016
Wednesday, June 22nd
sounds of New Orleans
Professor Longhair (1918-1980), live, New Orleans (Riverboat President, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival), 1979*
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
1. Mess Around
2. Every Day I Have The Blues
3. Big Chief
4. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
5. Tipitina
6. How Long (Has That Train Been Gone)
7. Got My Mojo Working
2016
Monday, June 20th
what’s new
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra (Tony Allen, drums, et al.)
“Bade Zile,” 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
We don’t want him thinking too much.
—Cubs pitcher John Lackey on rookie catcher Wilson Contreras’s first start tonight, following last night’s home run in his first big-league plate appearance—on the first pitch
2016
Saturday, June 18th
what’s new
Olga Bell, “ATA,” 2016
2016
Friday, June 17th
Feel like floating?
Chick Corea (piano) & Gary Burton (vibraphone)
Live, Washington, D.C., 6/13/16
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lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Thursday, June 16th
what’s new
M.A.K.U. SoundSystem, Mezcla, 2016
2016
Tuesday, June 14th
More.
Tristan Murail (1947-), Territoires de l’oubli (1977); Lan Cao (1987-, piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 2014
2016
Monday, June 13th
Need a change of scene?
Tristan Murail (1947-), Le Lac (2001); Chimera Ensemble (John Stringer, cond.), live, England (York), 2013
2016
Saturday, June 11th
There’s Amsterdam.
There’s Ethiopia.
And there’s Amsterdam in Ethiopia.
The Ex & Han Bennink (drums), Ethiopia, 2002
2016
Wednesday, June 8th
sounds of New York
Lea Bertucci, “The Cepheid Variations,” live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
New sounds are heard in the dark.
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