voices I miss (more)
Steve Lacy (1934-2004, soprano saxophone) & Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), “Prospectus” (S. Lacy), live, Paris (?), 2002
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lagniappe
reading table
This road—
no one goes down it,
autumn evening.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
How about a trip to a Mediterranean island?
Black Coffee (DJ), live, Ibiza, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Japan
Ko Ishikawa (sho), Kohsetsu Imanishi (koto), Peter Evans (trumpet), live, Yugawara, Japan, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of Niger (and all over)
Mdou Moctar, “Chismiten,” live, Port Townsend, Washington, 8/26/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophonist, October 13, 1940–September 23, 2022
“Kazuko” (P. Sanders) with Paul Arslanian (harmonium), live, California (Marin Headland), 1982
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“You’ve Got To Have Freedom” (P. Sanders)
Take 1: Live (with William Henderson, piano; James Leary, bass; Kharon Harrison, drums), Los Angeles, 2011
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Take 2: Live (with John Hicks, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums), Los Angeles, 1981
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“The Creator Has a Master Plan” (P. Sanders, L. Thomas) with Leon Thomas (vocals), et al., 1969
sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina, live (performance begins at 5:15), Buenos Aires (Argentina), 9/23/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
like nothing else
Moor Mother (aka Camae Ayewa), “Woody Shaw” (feat. Melanie Charles), published 6/8/22
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inspiration
Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, composition), “Stepping Stone,” live, Italy, 1979
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lagniappe
art beat: a while ago, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Grand Bouquet of Flowers (c. 1892-95), detail
sounds of New York
Heart Trio (William Parker [1952-], kora; Cooper-Moore [1946-], homemade instruments; Hamid Drake [1955-, MCOTD Hall of Fame], percussion), live, New York, 6/22/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 9/16/22
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lagniappe
art beat: more
William Klein (1926-2022), Dance in Brooklyn, 1955
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Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB [1983-2022, trumpet, voice, percussion, composition] with Lester St. Louis [cello, voice, percussion], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums, mbira, voice]), “Prayer for Amerikka,” live, New York, 2021
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lagniappe
art beat: more
William Klein (1926-2022), 3 Kids + Harmonica, New York, 1955
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