Saturday, September 2nd
sounds of Chicago
Damon Locks – Black Monument Ensemble, “NOW (Forever Momentary Space),” 2021
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2023
Thursday, August 31st
sounds of New York
Matt Mitchell (1975-, piano), live, New York, 7/23/23
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), View of the Pont d’Asnieres (1887), detail
2023
Friday, August 25th
what’s new
Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2023
Thursday, August 24th
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2023
Monday, August 14th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2023
Saturday, August 12th
serendipity
Bumped into this last night, happily.
Taraf De Haidouks, playing Balkan gypsy folk music, 2012
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2023
Tuesday, August 8th
passings
Tristan Honsinger, cellist, etc., October 23, 1949–August 5, 2023
With Schuichi Chino (piano), live, Italy (Trieste), 4/7/23
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With Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, 2021
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With Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet), Herb Robertson (trumpet, etc.), Kresten Osgood (drums, etc.), live, Copenhagen, 2018
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With Cecil Taylor Quintet (CT, piano; Harri Sjostrom, soprano saxophone; TH, cello; Thurman Barker, marimba, percussion; Paul Lovens, drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Monday, August 7th
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “Georgia Ave” (M. Ndegeocello), live (studio), published 7/24/23
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago
2023
Saturday, August 5th
sounds of Chicago
Edward Wilkerson (1953-, tenor saxophone, clarinet, didgeridoo) and Joe Morris (1955-, guitar), live, Chicago (Experimental Sound Studio garden), 7/23/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, July 29th
sounds of São Paulo
Laurent Garnier (French DJ), live (Na Manteiga Radio), São Paulo, 2021
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 