How about something quiet, delicate, beautiful?
Jürg Frey (1953-), Extended Circular Music No. 8 (2014): Klaus Lang (organ); Ranjevš & Óbasz (Jakub Švejnar, percussion; Štefan Szabó, electric guitar); Prague Quiet Music Collective (Anna Paulová, clarinet, bass clarinet; Milan Jakeš, violin; Luan Gonçalves, bass; Ian Mikyska, string and wind instruments), live, Prague, 2022
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Johannesburg
Kebra Ethiopia Sound System, live, Johannesburg (South Africa), 4/6/23
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sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar, keyboards, electronics, compositions) with Diego López de Arcaute (drums, percussion), live, Buenos Aires (CCK [Centro Cultural Kirchner]), 2022
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yesterday, Chicago
sound . . . by . . . sound . . . by . . .
AMM (Eddie Prévost, percussion; Keith Rowe, electric guitar, electronics; John Tilbury, piano), live, Berlin, 2019
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reading table
The old pond—
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
like nobody else
Lonnie Holley (1950-), “I Am a Part of the Wonder” (L. Holley, et al.), feat. Moor Mother, 2023
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sounds of New York
Being and Becoming (Peter Evans, trumpet, compositions; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Nick Jozwiak, bass; Michael Ode, drums), live, New York (Roulette), 3/16/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
Complex? Yes. But its complexity is matched by its clarity. It breathes.
Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Composition for Twelve Instruments (1948, rev. 1954): Ensemble conducted by Ralph Shapey (1921-2002), 1962
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tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at Constellation.
Dave Douglas (trumpet) and Elan Mehler (piano) with Dominique Eade (vocals), John Gunther (reeds), et al: “If There Are Mountains” (D. Douglas with words by Santoka Taneda [1882-1950], translated from the Japanese by John Stevens: “If there are mountains, I look at the mountains; / On rainy days I listen to the rain. / Spring, summer, autumn, winter. / Tomorrow too will be good. / Tonight too will be good.”), studio, 2020
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passings
David Lindley, musician (guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, oud, etc.), March 21, 1944–March 3, 2023
Henry Kaiser (1952-, guitarist), “Requiem for David Lindley,” 3/7/23
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948, After Khorkum (1940-42), detail
Today, after more than a decade of near-daily blogging (and tens of thousands of views from people in over 175 countries), I’m adopting a new format. No longer will I be here every day. Instead, I’ll be stopping by now and then, as the spirit moves me. Enjoy!
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Simeon Ten Holt (1923-2012), Canto Ostinato (1976): pianists Elizabeth Bergmann, Marcel Bergmann, Sandra van Veen and Jeroen van Veen, live, Netherlands (Eindhoven), 4/2/2011
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