Wednesday, December 16th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Triadic Memories (1981); Louis Goldstein (piano), 2000
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2020
Monday, December 14th
alone
Why not begin the week in an abandoned French castle?
Hélène Vogelsinger, “Reminiscence,” live, France, published 11/5/20
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other day, Chicago
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Because there is no me
and because I feel
how much there is no me.—Anna Swir (1909-1984), “A Double Rapture” (translated from Polish by Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan)
2020
Friday, December 11th
more
Ela Minus, live (“Porch Song [by Jesse and Forever]/Jamaica”), New York, 2016
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Who has not found the Heaven – below –
Will fail of it above –
For Angels rent the House next ours,
Wherever we remove –—Emily Dickinson, 1609 (Franklin)
Happy (belated) birthday, Emily (b. December 10, 1830).
2020
Thursday, December 10th
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Lester St. Louis, cello; Anton Hatwich, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2018
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2020
Wednesday, December 9th
sounds of New York
Marc Ribot (guitar), Jay Rodriguez (tenor saxophone, flute), Nick Dunston (bass), Chad Taylor (drums), live New York, 2019
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2020
Tuesday, December 8th
This I could listen to all day.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
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a while ago, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Saturday, December 5th
sounds of Chicago
The Bridge: Separatist Party (Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Fred Jackson, alto saxophone, flute; Marvin Tate, vocals; Mike Reed, drums, keyboard; Jakob Heineman, bass; Nolan Chin, piano, keyboard), live (performance starts at 13:00), Chicago (Constellation), last night
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Even this mountain
moss grows flowers all its own—
thus nature bestows—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Friday, December 4th
sounds of Colombia
Ela Minus, live (studio), Colombia (Bogota), published 9/10/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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On the street corner
the blind musician dances,
fan held high overhead—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Tuesday, December 1st
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Дубадав,” 11/27/20
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2020
Monday, November 30th
sounds of Estonia
Lepo Sumera (1950-2000), “Piano piece from the year 1981”; Kadri-Ann Sumera, piano, 2013
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this morning, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path)
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