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Wednesday, April 14th

sounds of Paris

Ensemble Intercontemporain (Pierre Bleuse, direction), live, Paris, 2/16/20: David Bastien, Urban Song (2019)

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Insisting that change defined our world, Heraclitus concluded that we cannot step into the same river twice. Yet the novel coronavirus has taught us a newer truth: we cannot step into the same river even once.
—Robert Zaretsky, The Subervise Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas (2021), preface

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Tuesday, April 13th

sounds of Chicago

Josh Berman (cornet), Tomeka Reid (cello), Joshua Abrams (bass), Mike Reed (drums), live, Chicago (Constellation), 4/10/21

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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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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

more

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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A lightning flash—
the sound of water drops
falling through bamboo
—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill

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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