sounds of Chicago
Hamid Drake (drums and percussion [MCOTD Hall of Fame]) & Michael Zerang (drums and percussion), et al., live, Chicago (Constellation), 12/21/22 (1st set, 23:40-: Michael Zerang, The Velvet Bell [solo] + Velvet Bell Ensemble; 2nd Set, 1:42:40-: Hamid Drake’s Indigenous Mind)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
This I could listen to all day, happily.
Augusta Read Thomas (1964-), Dance Mobile (in memoriam Oliver Knussen), 2021: Grossman Ensemble (with guest artists; Stefan Asbury, cond.), live, Chicago (University of Chicago), 2022
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like nothing else
Daniel Bachman (1989-, guitar, banjo, video production), Almanac Behind, posted 12/15/22 (audio from the album [11/18/22])
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Taking a break—back in a bit.
like nobody else
What Is Man and What Is Guitar? Keith Rowe (Bob Burnett, Alan F. Jones), 2021
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), The Plough and the Song (1946), detail
like nothing else
Susan Alcorn Quintet (SA, pedal steel guitar; Eddie Kwon, violin; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Michael Formanek, bass; Ryan Sawyer, drums), “Night in Gdansk” (S. Alcorn), live, Berlin (Berlin Jazz Festival), 11/4/21
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untying imaginary knots
Josh Berman Quartet (JB, cornet; Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Devin Hoff, bass; Jordan Glenn, drums), live, San Francisco (Red Poppy Art House), 2009
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This is on a day
when I want to say all kinds of things three times,
and: silence, silence, silence,
as if it were music,
someone else’s who doesn’t know it.—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “I Love Life” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)
what’s new: sounds of Chicago
Hamid Drake (drums and percussion [MCOTD Hall of Fame]) & Michael Zerang (drums and percussion) with Mark Feldman (violin), Josh Berman (cornet), Mabel Kwan (piano), Kent Kessler (bass), Zahra Glenda Baker (voice), et al., live (performance begins at 32:30), last night, Chicago (Constellation)
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timeless
Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) And His Amnesia Express, “The Bottle” (G. Scott-Heron, B. Jackson), live, Jamaica (Reggae Sunsplash), 1983
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The hollow of morning
Holds my soul still
As water in a jar—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011)
voices I miss
(Jaimie Branch [6/17/83–8/22/22], trumpet, keyboards; Luke Stewart, bass; Tcheser Holmes, drums), live, New York, 6/23/22
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Talk is a way of not looking.
—Ann Lauterbach (1942-), from “Then Suddenly”
like nothing else
Meredith Monk (1942-) and Vocal Ensemble, “Songs of Ascension” (M. Monk), excerpts, Geyserville, California, 2008
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yesterday, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
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