Thursday, December 19th
like nobody else
Cecil Taylor (1929-2018, piano), live, Washington, D.C., 1978
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2024
Tuesday, December 17th
alone
George Dumitriu (viola), “Four in One” (Thelonious Monk, 1917-1982), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), 2023
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2024
Saturday, December 14th
like nobody else
Albert Ayler Quintet (AA [1938-1970], tenor saxophone; Donald Ayler, trumpet; Michel Samson, violin; Bill Folwell, bass; Beaver Harris, drums), “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), live (TV), Germany (Munich), 1966
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
2024
Thursday, December 5th
sounds of the Bahamas
Jay Mitchell, “Who’s That in My Bed,” 1974
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Saturday, November 30th
alone
Modney (violin, composition), “Ascender,” 2024
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2024
Saturday, November 23rd
what’s new
Elisabeth Harnik (piano), Joe Morris (guitar), live, Austria (Wels), 11/9/24
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lagniappe
reading table
High over the dark
shadows of Pine Islands, a
skylark breaks into song—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2024
Friday, November 22nd
What do you get when you cross Vancouver with Memphis?
Frazey Ford (with Hi Rhythm Section [Charles Hodges, organ; Leroy Hodges, bass; Teenie Hodges, guitar), “Done” (F. Ford), 2015 (from Indian Ocean, 2014)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Wednesday, November 20th
like nobody else
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, viola), live, Atlanta, 1999
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Saturday, November 16th
sounds of Tokyo
Eiko Ishibashi (keyboards, electronics), Jim O’Rourke (guitar, electronics), Riki Hidaka (guitar, electronics), live, Tokyo, 2024
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Thursday, November 7th
sounds of New York
One-word review: Wow!
Laurie Anderson, et al., “Waiting for the Barbarians,” live, New York, 11/20/23
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago
music clip of the day 