Saturday, July 2nd
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Henry Threadgill (1944-, composer, alto saxophonist, flutist, bandleader, 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner), playing and talking, 2010
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2016
Friday, July 1st
what’s new
Aphex Twin, “CIRKLON3” (video by Ryan Wyer, age 12, Ireland), 6/21/16
2016
Thursday, June 30th
No matter how I’m feeling—up, down, whatever—he makes me feel better.
Tony Allen (1940-), drummer
Live, Paris, 2015
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#2
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Live (with Oghene Kologbo & World Squad), Brussels, 2014
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Interview, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill. (Roscoe, my granddog)
2016
Wednesday, June 29th
More.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987), Palais de Mari (1986)
Ivan Ilić (piano), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Tuesday, June 28th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987), For Bunita Marcus (1985), excerpt
Ivan Ilić (piano and commentary), 2015
2016
Monday, June 27th
Why not start the week with a walk through an enchanted landscape?
Earle Brown (1926-2002), Available Forms I, 1961
Callithumpian Consort, live, Boston, 2013
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lagniappe
reading table
Money’s the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.
—photographer Bill Cunningham, New York Times obituary, 6/25/16
2016
Saturday, June 25th
Entering his sound-world isn’t hard. What’s hard is leaving.
Tristan Murail (1947-), La Barque mystique, 1993
2016
Friday, June 24th
what’s new
Wyclef Jean, “Hendrix,” 6/17/16
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
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