Thursday, February 2nd
sounds of Japan
Takako Minekawa & Dustin Wong, “Party on a Floating Cake,” 2013
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2023
Wednesday, February 1st
like nothing else
Rian Treanor (DJ, electronics), live, Helsinki (Finland), 2018
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yesterday, outside Chicago
2023
Monday, January 30th
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.)
2023
Friday, January 27th
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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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Wednesday, January 25th
kaleidoscopic clarity
Brian Ferneyhough (1943-), Contraccolpi (2015): Talea Ensemble (James Baker, cond.), live, New York, 2016
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
(Taking a day off.)
2023
Tuesday, January 24th
sounds of New York
Mary Halvorson (guitar) with Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Night Shift” (M. Halvorson), live, New York, 2022
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Monday, January 23rd
like nothing else
DJ Spooky (AKA Paul D. Miller: turntables, electronics, interview) + Matthew Shipp Trio (MS, piano, interview; William Parker, bass; Guillermo Brown, drums), live, France (Seine-Saint-Denis), 2003
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, January 21st
sounds of London, and Beirut, and Palestine
Sama’ Abdulhadi (1991-, DJ), live, London, 1/6/23
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Friday, January 20th
two takes
Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011), “Me and the Devil,” 2010
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Robert Johnson (1922-1938), “Me and the Devil Blues,” rec. 1937 (Dallas)
2023
Thursday, January 19th
more
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986): Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007
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random sights
last night, Chicago
