Monday, September 7th
tonight in Chicago
This guy will be at the Experimental Sound Studio.
Paal Nilssen-Love, drums, live, Japan (Chiba), 2010
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2015
Sunday, September 6th
What an inspired way to begin an album.
Donald Edwards (drums, with sampled voices), “American Drum Call to Mama,” Evolution of an Influenced Mind, 2014
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lagniappe
found words
Vegetable Lover’s Guide to Berlin
—cover of Saveur (October issue)
2015
Saturday, September 5th
Today, our sixth anniversary, we revisit our first post.
One left Cuba after the revolution, the other stayed. Here they play together: pianists—father and son—Bebo and Chucho Valdes.
2015
Thursday, September 3rd
tonight in Chicago
These folks will be playing in Millennium Park, headlining the first night of the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9,* live, France (Clermont-Ferrand), 2014
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans, late 1950s
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*Henry Butler (piano, vocals), Steven Bernstein (trumpet), et al.
2015
Thursday, August 27th
tonight in Chicago
These folks will be at Constellation.
Tomeka Reid (cello) with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jason Roebke (bass), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Glass Light,” live, Chicago, 2014
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And these guys will be Elastic.
Dave Rempis (saxophone), Joshua Abrams (bass), Avreeayl Ra (drums), live, Chicago, 2013
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lagniappe
radio
Celebrating the birthdays of saxophonists Lester Young (August 27, 1909) and Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920), WKCR-FM (Columbia University) is featuring their music all day today (Young), all day tomorrow (Young and Parker), all day Saturday (Parker), and into Sunday morning (Parker).
2015
Wednesday, August 26th
Ligeti fest
day three
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Requiem: Kyrie; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.), live
2015
Saturday, August 22nd
sounds of Iceland
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aura
NorthArc Percussion Group, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
Even the crow
has a grove
to grow old in—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2015
Friday, August 21st
like nobody else
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977), live, Paris, 1970
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Chicago Cultural Center
Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist (through 8/31)
Black Belt, 1934
2015
Wednesday, August 19th
sounds of summer
Masters at Work (“Little” Louie Vega, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez), live, Chicago (Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Jackson Park), 7/4/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Chicago, 1963
2015
Tuesday, August 18th
sounds of summer
Paul Kalkbrenner, live, Belgium (Tomorrowland), 7/26/15
