Wednesday, June 5th
kinetic
Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone), Rez Abbasi (guitar), Rich Brown (bass), Rudy Royston (drums), “Killer,” “Playing with Stones,” Washington, D.C., 2012
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2013
Tuesday, June 4th
alone
Cecil Taylor, piano, live, Germany (Nürnberg), 1984
2013
Monday, June 3rd
alone
Matthew Shipp, piano, “Greensleeves,” “Symbol Systems,” 2012
2013
Friday, May 31st
Some voices wrap themselves around you and hold you. And you don’t want them to let go.
Ted Hawkins (1936-1995), singer, songwriter, street performer
“Happy Hour” (T. Hawkins)
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“Long As I Can See The Light” (J. Fogerty)
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
For some of us, music isn’t life or death, it’s much more important than that.
2013
Friday, May 24th
what’s new
Dirty Beaches, “Casino Lisboa,” 5/13
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lagniappe
found words
trap-music phenomenon
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the moombahton sound
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prolific chiptune band
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technical death metal
—Chicago Reader, 5/23/13, music listings
2013
Thursday, May 23rd
Some singers are so distinctive that when you’re in the mood for them no one else will do.
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009), “They Say It’s Spring,” 1958*
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lagniappe
reading table: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, England
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*BD, vocals, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Jo Jones, drums.
2013
Wednesday, May 22nd
sounds of Chicago
Want to hear a great solo? You’ve come to the wrong place. This isn’t about solos; it’s about interplay.
The Rempis Percussion Quartet,* live, Chicago (Hideout), 2010
#1
#2
*Dave Rempis, saxophones; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass; Tim Daisy, drums; Frank Rosaly, drums.
2013
Monday, May 20th
two takes
“Take Five” (P. Desmond)
Ceramic Dog (Marc Ribot, guitar; Shahzad Ismaily, bass & percussion; Ches Smith, drums), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2013
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Dave Brubeck Quartet (DB, piano; Paul Desmond, alto saxophone; Eugene Wright, bass; Joe Morello, drums), live, Germany, 1966
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry Tree, 1834
2013
Saturday, May 18th
soundtrack for a dream I’d like to have
Four Tet (AKA Kiernan Hebden), live (Boiler Room), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
I don’t regard my life
as insufficient.
Inside the brushwood gate
there is a moon;
there are flowers.—Ryokan, 1758-1831 (translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi [Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan])
2013
Friday, May 17th
what’s new
Chris Hadfield (Canadian astronaut), “Space Oddity” (D. Bowie)
International Space Station, 5/12/13 (released)
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lagniappe
reading table
I never saw any human being who was of sound mind.
—John Haslam (1764-1844), English physician, quoted in the Times Literary Supplement, 3/29/13 (review of Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty, and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England)
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