David T. Little (1978-), Haunt of Last Nightfall; Third Coast Percussion, live
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
It’s not hard to imagine a world where the different kinds of music could be counted. Maybe there’d be 49, or 94, or 949. Thank God, or whatever, we don’t live there.
sounds of Chicago
Robbie Fulks, “Let’s Kill Saturday Night” (R. Fulks), live, Norway (Bergen), 2013
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Here’s another take—his 1998 recording.
William Basinski, “Disintegration Loop 1.1,” 2001
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lagniappe
reading table
Photograph from September 11
by Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012; MCOTD Hall-of-Famer; translated from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak)They jumped from the burning floors—one, two, a few more,higher, lower.The photograph halted them in life,and now keeps themabove the earth toward the earth.Each is still complete,with a particular faceand blood well hidden.There’s enough timefor hair to come loose,for keys and coinsto fall from pockets.They’re still within the air’s reach,within the compass of placesthat have just now opened.I can do only two things for them—describe this flightand not add a last line.
Following up on Friday’s post, here are a couple more early favorites.
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October 15, 2009
How to be both solid and fluid, both fat and delicate. How to make the beat breathe. These are things that, as a child, Philly Joe Jones began to learn while dancing—tap-dancing. Just watch the way Thelonious Monk, listening to this solo, rocks back and forth (1:25-1:50), as if he’s about to break into a little dance himself.
Philly Joe Jones, live (with Thelonious Monk), 1959
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October 3, 2009
Here are two New Orleans drummers who embrace the Muhammad Ali aesthetic: float like a butterfly (0:56-1:58, etc.), sting like a bee (1:59, etc.).
Dwayne Williams (bass drum) and Jason Slack (snare), live (before a gig), Hudson, New York, 2007
What to make of this?
Why make anything of it?
Why not let it make something of you?
John Cage (1912-1992), Music for Amplified Toy Pianos (1960); Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo, live (recording session), Luxembourg, 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
Falling blossoms.
Blossoms in bloom are also
falling blossoms.—Ryokan (1758-1831; translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi)
alone
One-word review: Wow!
Matthew Shipp (piano), live (music starts at 5:00), Chicago, 8/27/14
composer, n. somebody who wants to hear sounds nobody’s ever heard before.
Mario Diaz de León (1979-), Prism Path; International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE),* live, New York, 2011
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*Claire Chase, flutes; Eric Lamb, flutes; Joshua Rubin, clarinets; Cory Smythe, piano; Nathan Davis, percussion; Mario Diaz de León, electronics.
sounds of Mali
Salif Keita, “Mandjou,” live, Senegal (Dakar), 2005
last night in Chicago
He played this piece, among others, at Constellation.
Steve Reich (1936-), New York Counterpoint (1985), excerpts; James Falzone (clarinet), recording, 2014
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Here’s another take.
Evan Ziporyn (clarinet), live, London, 2012
alone
Crazy what you happen upon in the middle of the night.
King Buzzo (AKA Buzz Osborne), “Boris,” “Ballad of Dwight Fry,” “Suicide In Progress,” live, Baltimore (Ottobar), 7/17/14
What I’m doing, it’s not folk music, it’s not heavy metal. It’s ‘molk,’ how ’bout that?
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