sounds of New York
Joe Morris (guitar), Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone, preparations), Charmaine Lee (voice, electronics), live, New York, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
*****
reading table
Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.
—painter Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Washington Post, 7/7/20
like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, alto and soprano saxophone, composition) with Hugh Ragin (trumpet), Tyshawn Sorey (trombone), live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Chateau Noir (1903-04)
alone
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “Sonnet” (P. Brennan), 2018
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Another take.
Recording, 2020
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
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reading table
This world of dew
is only a world of dew—
and yet—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
Happy (Strangest Ever) 4th of July!
Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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Professor Longhair (1918-1980), “Big Chief,” live, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival), 1973
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Sleepy LaBeef (1935-2019), “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (plus interview), live (TV show), 1994
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
keep on dancing
If I could move like this, I’d never stand still.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (1976-, dance), live, New Jersey (Bloomfield), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Ben Goldberg (1959-, clarinet), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/31/20
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
Judging from the sounds I hear outside my door in the morning, birds don’t seem to have gotten the memo.
John Luther Adams (1953-), songbirdsongs (1974-80); Callithumpian Consort (Stephen Drury, dir.), 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Monadnock Building)
like nobody else
Charmaine Lee (voice), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/17/20
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lagniappe
art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Number 1A, 1948 (detail)
This I could listen to all day.
Generations Quartet: Billy Hart (1940-, percussion, lower left), Bob Moses (1948-, percussion, upper left), Dafnis Prieto (1974-, percussion, upper right), Marcelo Perez (1997-, percussion, lower right), live, Boston, 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Aruan Ortiz (1973-, piano), live, 6/11/20
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lagniappe
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Pure white plum blossoms
slowly begin to turn
the color of dawn—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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