what’s new
Harriet Tubman (Brandon Ross, guitar, vocals; Melvin Gibbs, bass; JT Lewis, drums), “The Green Book Blues,” “Blacktal Fractal,” “Redemption Song,” “Can’t Tarry,” live (studio), Seattle, published 6/1/20
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what’s new
Drew McDowall (1961-, electronics), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/23/20
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Why not begin the week with something quiet?
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (1987); Aleck Karis (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Danielle Farina (viola), Christopher Finckel (cello), 2015
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How reluctantly
the bee emerges from deep
within the peony—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
Soundtrack to a dream I’d love to have.
Steve Reich (1936-), Nagoya Marimbas (1994); ensemble 0, live, France (Pau), 2010
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. . . life and the memory of it so compressed
they’ve turned into each other. Which is which?—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Poem”
alone
Joe Morris (1955-, guitar), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/1/20
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We live in reality without possession or occupation and the love of reality unpossessed transfigures us.
—William Bronk (1918-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “Desire and Denial”
alone
Steve Baczkowski (baritone saxophone), live, Buffalo, N.Y., 4/3/20
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wastepaper kite—
after a quick dusting off
rising to the sky—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
alone
Torbjön Zetterberg (1976-, bass), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), Zengården Monastery, Sweden, 4/18/20
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As long as I don’t aim,
I won’t miss.
With the catalpa bow,
I shoot an arrow
toward the open sky.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
sounds of Senegal
Cheikh Lô (1955-, vocals, guitar, drums), live (studio), Seattle, 2020
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One-word review: spellbinding.
De Yeon Kim (gayageum), Tyshawn Sorey (drums), live, Boston, 2019
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Why not begin the week with something quiet?
Jürg Frey (1953-), Extended Circular Music No. 4 (2014); Absolut Trio, live, Switzerland (Basel), 1/22/20
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