Sunday, November 1st
timeless
Jimmy Scott (1925-2014), “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” (trad.), 1960
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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2020
Saturday, October 31st
what’s new
Tyshawn Sorey (1980-, composer, drummer, percussionist, trombonist, pianist, MacArthur Fellow [“genius grant”], professor [University of Pennsylvania]) & Alarm Will Sound, Video Chat Variations, published 10/30/20
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Post-performance interview with Tyshawn Sorey (Alan Pierson, AWS Artistic Director), published 10/30/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Friday, October 30th
sounds of Chicago
Dustin Laurenzi’s Natural Language (DL, tenor saxophone; Jeff Swanson, guitar; Mike Harmon, bass; Charles Rumback, drums), live, Chicago (Constellation), 10/10/20
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Wednesday, October 28th
sounds of Chicago
Extraordinary Popular Delusions (Mars Williams, saxophones, etc.; Jim Baker, piano, etc.; Brian Sandstrom, bass, etc.; Steve Hunt, drums, percussion), live (performance begins at 5:50), Chicago (Constellation), 10/24/20
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yesterday, Chicago
2020
Tuesday, October 27th
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Evi Kyriazidou (piano), Olia Olina (choreography and dance), live, Greece (Komotini), 2014
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other day, Chicago
2020
Monday, October 26th
alone
Eva-Maria Houben (1955-), lines; R. Andrew Lee (piano), live, Denver, 3/8/17
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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reading table
People are startled to discover
that their inner monologues
are ghost-written.—Rae Armantrout, from “Startle Reflex” (London Review of Books, 10/8/20)
2020
Friday, October 23rd
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 8/3/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Tuesday, October 20th
what’s new
Kris Davis (piano), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), live (performance begins at 3:50), New York (live-streamed by Skopje Jazz Festival, North Macedonia), 10/17/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Monday, October 19th
alone
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “Magic Square” (P. Brennan), published 10/16/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Saturday, October 17th
what’s new
William Parker Trio (WP, bass; Ava Mendoza, guitar; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live (performance begins at 3:10), New York (live-streamed by Skopje Jazz Festival, North Macedonia), 10/15/20
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
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reading table
Now is the time to experiment, and there is no choice but to experiment.
—Gustavo Dudamel (1981-), Music & Artistic Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic (quoted in Alex Ross, “The L.A. Philharmonic’s Emotional Return to an Empty Hollywood Bowl,” New Yorker, 9/28/20)
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