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
**********
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
Entering his sound-world isn’t hard. What’s hard is leaving.
Tristan Murail (1947-), La Barque mystique, 1993
what’s new
Wyclef Jean, “Hendrix,” 6/17/16
sounds of New Orleans
Professor Longhair (1918-1980), live, New Orleans (Riverboat President, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival), 1979*
*****
*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
what’s new
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra (Tony Allen, drums, et al.)
“Bade Zile,” 2016
**********
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
what’s new
Olga Bell, “ATA,” 2016
Feel like floating?
Chick Corea (piano) & Gary Burton (vibraphone)
Live, Washington, D.C., 6/13/16
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
what’s new
M.A.K.U. SoundSystem, Mezcla, 2016
More.
Tristan Murail (1947-), Territoires de l’oubli (1977); Lan Cao (1987-, piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 2014
Need a change of scene?
Tristan Murail (1947-), Le Lac (2001); Chimera Ensemble (John Stringer, cond.), live, England (York), 2013
music clip of the day 