Monday, April 12th
How about something beautiful—and haunting—to begin the week?
Odeya Nini (voice, shruti box), “I See You” (edited), 2021
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2021
Friday, April 9th
what’s new
DUCKWRTH, live (“Kiss U Right Now,” “make u go,” “Birthday Suit,” “Super Good”), published 4/7/21
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Thursday, April 8th
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Amalgamation Choir, live, Cyprus, published 2016
“Tis Trihas to Gefyri (Pontos)”
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“Nanourisma (Kato Italia)”
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Monday, April 5th
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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reading table
A lightning flash—
the sound of water drops
falling through bamboo—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2021
Saturday, April 3rd
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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Friday, April 2nd
what’s new
Bill Callahan, “Cowboy” (B. Callahan), video published 3/29/21
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Tuesday, March 30th
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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2021
Thursday, March 25th
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Lou Harrison (1917-2003), Song of Queztecoatl (1941); Third Coast Percussion, live (studio), 2014
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Wednesday, March 24th
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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Monday, March 22nd
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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