sounds of Cyprus
Why not start the week with something different?
Amalgamation Choir, “Ksenitia tou Erota (Giorgos Kalogirou),” live, Cyprus, published 2016
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
A lightning flash—
the sound of water drops
falling through bamboo—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
never enough
Guitarist Pete Cosey? Miles gave him a lot of space, as he had pianist Bill Evans. And just as the Miles of Kind of Blue is unimaginable without Evans, so too with Cosey here.
Miles Davis Septet (MD [trumpet, organ, compositions], Dave Liebman [soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute], Pete Cosey [guitar, percussion], Reggie Lucas [guitar], Michael Henderson [bass], Al Foster [drums], Mtume [aka James Foreman, James Mtume; conga, percussion]), live, Stockholm, 1973
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Bill Callahan, “Cowboy” (B. Callahan), video published 3/29/21
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sounds of New York
Strictly Missionary (Chris Pitsiokos, alto saxophone; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Richard Lenz, bass; Kevin Murray, drums; Nick Neuberg, percussion), live, New York (Valentino Pier; Red Hook, Brooklyn), 3/27/21
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other day, Chicago
more
Lou Harrison (1917-2003), Song of Queztecoatl (1941); Third Coast Percussion, live (studio), 2014
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other day, Chicago
sounds of New York
Jon Irabagon and Outright! (JI, [soprano saxophone, compositions], Ray Anderson [trombone], Matt Mitchell [piano], Chris Lightcap [bass], Dan Weiss [drums]), “Recharge the Blade,” live, New York, 3/22/21
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other day, Chicago
alone
Why not begin the week with something not only beautiful but healing?
Amina Claudine Myers (1942-, piano), live, New York, 2020
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
Suppose that, for the rest of your life, you could listen to only one piece of music. What would you choose? For me it might be this.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Piano and String Quartet (1985); Kronos Quartet with Aki Takahashi (piano), 1993
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Number 17A, 1948 (detail)
sounds of Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, direction), live, Paris, 11/14/20: Edgard Varèse (1883-1965), Octandre (1924); Marko Nikodijevic (1980-), music box/selbstportrait mit ligeti und strawinsky (und messiaen ist auch dabei) (2003/rev. 2006)
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this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
sounds of South Africa
Black Coffee (DJ), live (“You Rock My World” [feat. Soulstar], “Flava” [feat. Una Rams and Tellaman], “Wish You Were Here” [feat. Msaki]), South Africa (Johannesburg), published 3/11/21
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