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Thursday, November 26th

two takes

Lee Morgan (trumpet) with Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Harold Mabern (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), “Yes I Can, No You Can’t,” 1966

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S. Mos, mash-up (Tupac Shakur, “Holler If Ya Hear Me” [1993]), 2011

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lagniappe

reading table

And everything turns and turns
and the unknown turns into the song
that is the known, but what in turn
becomes of the song is not for us to say

—Mark Strand (1934-2014), “The Webern Variations,” excerpt

Saturday, November 21st

sounds of Mali and France

Amadou & Mariam with guest Bertrand Cantat, live, France (near Belfort), 2012

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lagniappe

reading table

We dream – it is good we are dreaming –
It would hurt us – were we awake –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #584 (Franklin), excerpt

Saturday, November 14th

what’s new

Missy Elliott, “WTF (Where They From),” 11/12/15

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

Wednesday, November 11th

passings

Allen Toussaint, songwriter, arranger, producer, singer, pianist, January 14, 1938-November 10, 2015

“Tipitina and Me,” 2005 (Our New Orleans)

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)

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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)

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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

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.

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Thursday, October 29th

More Zimoun.

Installations and Sculptures: Selected Works 3.6, 2009-2015


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lagniappe

random sights

last night, Chicago

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