passings
Burt Bacharach, songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, May 12, 1928–February 8, 2023
“Anyone Who Had a Heart” (B. Bacharach & H. David): Dionne Warwick, live (with BB, piano), New York (Rainbow Room), 1996
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“A House Is Not a Home” (B. Bacharach & H. David): Luther Vandross, live, 1988
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“I Just Don’t Know What To Do with Myself” (B. Bacharach & H. David): White Stripes, live, Australia, 2006
sounds of New York
Edwin Torres (voice), Fred Moten (voice), Brandon Lopez (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Sun Ra Arkestra (Sun Ra [1914-1993, keyboards, composition], et al.), “The Lady With the Golden Stockings” (aka “The Golden Lady”), c. 1958 (Chicago)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Des Moines Art Center
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Untitled (1984)
like nothing else
Live (performance begins at 4:30), New York and San Diego, 2/2/23
New York: Fay Victor (voice), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone)
San Diego: Michael Dessen (trombone), Joshua White (piano), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
We are the main character in the story of our life, and we claim our story is absolutely true, but it’s always edited, if not entirely false.
—author Aleksandar Hemon (1964-, interview), New City, February 2023
what’s new
Hermanos Gutiérrez (Alejandro Gutiérrez, guitar, lap steel; Estevan Gutiérrez, guitar, percussion), live (““El Bueno Y El Malo,” “Tres Hermanos,” “Thunderbird,” “Pueblo Man”), Washington, D.C., published 1/31/23
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Japan
Takako Minekawa & Dustin Wong, “Party on a Floating Cake,” 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
like nothing else
Rian Treanor (DJ, electronics), live, Helsinki (Finland), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, reeds, percussion; Joseph Jarman, reeds, percussion; Lester Bowie [MCOTD Hall of Fame], trumpet, percussion; Malachi Favors, bass, percussion; Don Moye, drums, percussion), live (“We-Bop,” “Promenade,” “On the Cote Bamako,” “Bedouin Village,” “New York Is Full of Lonely People,” “New Orleans,” “Funky AECO,” “Theme [Odwalla]”), Chicago (Jazz Showcase), 1981
(Taking a day off.)
sounds of all over
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023, published 1/24/23
Ukraine: Dakh Daughters (“Viyna,” “Fellini,” “Umry”)
Morocco, Algeria, United States: Khadija El Warzazia’s Bnat el Houariyat & Esraa Warda (“Dyaf Allah Rjal el Bled,” “Mra Sabra,” “Li Guer imout”)
China: Cui Jian (“Fake Monk,” “Go On,” “Wild in the Snow”)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
kaleidoscopic clarity
Brian Ferneyhough (1943-), Contraccolpi (2015): Talea Ensemble (James Baker, cond.), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
(Taking a day off.)
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