Saturday, November 14th
what’s new
Missy Elliott, “WTF (Where They From),” 11/12/15
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2015
Friday, November 13th
Nothing hits harder than vulnerability.
Frazey Ford, “You’re Not Free,” “September Fields,” “Three Golden Trees,” “Done,” live (studio performance), Seattle, 2014
2015
Wednesday, November 11th
passings
Allen Toussaint, songwriter, arranger, producer, singer, pianist, January 14, 1938-November 10, 2015
“Tipitina and Me,” 2005 (Our New Orleans)
2015
Monday, November 9th
Need a jolt?
Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board) and Many Arms (Nick Millevoi, guitar; John DeBlase, bass; Ricardo Lagomasino, drums), live, Philadelphia, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2015
Wednesday, November 4th
two takes
“I Never Learnt to Share” (J. Blake)
Spektral Quartet (arr. Chris Fisher-Lochhead), live, Chicago, 2015
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James Blake, live, Berlin, 2011
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
When we’re full of music, we’re free of everything else.
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2015
Tuesday, November 3rd
More Wadada.
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) with Brandon Ross (guitar), Lamar Smith (guitar), Bill Laswell (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), live, New York, 2015
2015
Monday, November 2nd
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Ches Smith (percussion, electronics), live, Italy (Catania), 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Lincoln, Nebr.
2015
Thursday, October 29th
More Zimoun.
Installations and Sculptures: Selected Works 3.6, 2009-2015
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago
2015
Wednesday, October 28th
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be playing at Elastic Arts.
Nate Wooley (trumpet), Paul Lytton (percussion), live, Austria (Wels)
2012
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2011
2015
Monday, October 26th
Some sounds defy commodification.
Zimoun (1977-), [KE]³, New York (Knockdown Center), 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
My youth gone and death unable to find me.
—Jack Gilbert (1925-2012), “Winter Happiness” (Collected Poems)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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