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
![[Untitled]_2015112414091000 (1)](https://musicclipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/untitled_2015112414091000-1.jpg?w=500&h=734)
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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
sounds of Benin (and all over)
Angélique Kidjo (1960-), live (studio), Washington, D.C., published 9/12/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Lukas Ligeti (1965-), “Thinking Songs” (2015), Mvt. III (Four-Part Invention); Caitlin Jones (marimba), 2021
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lagniappe
passings
William Klein, photographer, filmmaker, April 19, 1926–September 10, 2022
Dance in Brooklyn, New York, 1955
sounds of San Francisco
Charles Lloyd Quartet (CL [1938-], tenor saxophone, flute, compositions; Keith Jarrett [1945-], piano, soprano saxophone; Ron McClure [1941-], bass; Jack DeJohnette [1942-], drums), live (TV show), San Francisco, 1968
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
3n
Paul Lytton (1947-, drums), Ken Vandermark (1964-, reeds), Nate Wooley (1974-, trumpet), live, Rochester, New York, 4/20/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
more
Camila Nebbia (tenor saxophone), Michael Formanek (bass), Vinny Sperrazza (drums), live, New York (Downtown Music Gallery), 8/28/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
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reading table
Life is not made for meetings;
like stars at opposite ends of the sky we move.—Tu Fu (aka Du Fu, 712-770), from “Presented to Wei Pa, Gentleman in Retirement,” translated from the Chinese by Burton Watson (The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry, 1984)
timeless
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano (op. 11, 1914); Dmitri Atapine (cello), Hyeyeon Park (piano), 2014, California (Atherton)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 