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Friday, January 22nd

only rock ‘n’ roll

More of Tenement.

Live, Madison, Wis., 1/15/16


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my back pages

On a cold, snowy night thirty-nine years ago, at a church outside Chicago, tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (MCOTD Hall of Fame) and pianist John Young performed at a wedding ceremony. Both are now gone. All of what they played that night – “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More” (before); “In a Sentimental Mood” (unaccompanied saxophone, as the bride walked down the aisle); “My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father” (after) – may be heard here (0:15-).

Thursday, January 21st

Ashley Fure (1982-), Soma (2012)
Curious Chamber Players, live, Germany (Darmstadt), 2012


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musical thoughts

Why shouldn’t our music be as mysterious as our life?

Tuesday, January 19th

sounds of Chicago, and Germany, and Norway – in Japan

Peter Brotzmann (Germany, alto saxophone), Fred Lonberg-Holm (Chicago, cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway, drums), live, Japan (Chiba), 2011

Thursday, January 14th

sounds of Chicago

Still fresh after seventy years.

John Cage (1912-1992), Credo in Us (1942)
Third Coast Percussion, live, Chicago, 2011

Wednesday, January 13th

sounds of New York

More from the drummer on the new David Bowie album.

Mark Guiliana Beat Music (MG, drums; Stu Brooks, bass; Yuki Hirano, keyboards; with guests Steve Wall [tape recorder], Jeff Taylor [vocals]), live, New York, 2014

 

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reading table

Unknown –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #778 (Franklin), last line

Thursday, January 7th

passings

Paul Bley, pianist, November 10, 1932-January 3, 2016

Live, 1970s?


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With Charlie Haden (bass), live, New York, 2000


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With John Gilmore (tenor saxophone), Gary Peacock (bass), Paul Motian (drums; or Billy Elgart, side 2, tracks 2-3), Turning Point, rec. 1964/1968

Side 1


Side 2

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Live, Norway (Oslo), 2008

 

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reading table

I held a Jewel in my fingers –
And went to sleep –
The day was warm, and winds were prosy—
I said ”Twill keep” –

I woke – and chid my honest fingers,
The Gem was gone –
And now, an Amethyst remembrance
Is all I own –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #261 (Franklin)

Wednesday, January 6th

sounds of Nigeria

Wizkid, “Ojuelegba,” 2014 (audio) – 2015 (video)


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Remix featuring Drake and Skepta, 2015

 

Tuesday, January 5th

sounds of Cameroon

Jovi, “Zélé,” 2015


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Maybe you go looking for one thing and find another.

—Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), Don Quixote (translated from Spanish by Edith Grossman; internal quotation marks omitted)

Monday, January 4th

more sounds of Kinshasa*

Mbongwana Star, “Malukayi” (feat. Konono No. 1), 2015


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*Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sunday, January 3rd

Aretha’s daddy

One of these days, the cloud will be lifted . . .

—Rev. C. L. Franklin

Rev. C. L. Franklin, live, Detroit


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reading table

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that ships are sometimes wrecked.

—Simone Weil (1909-1943), “The Love of God and Affliction” (translated from French by Richard Rees)

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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the beat goes on

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