Tuesday, January 7th
what’s new
Balún, “Vaivén”, “La Nueva Ciudad”, “El Espanto,” “Punto De Encuentro,” live, Washington, D.C., 12/20/19
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2020
Monday, January 6th
like nobody else
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, 1940-, reeds, flute, percussion; Joseph Jarman, 1937-2019, reeds, flute, percussion; Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet, flugelhorn, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Malachi Favors, 1927-2004, bass, percussion, vocals; Don Moye, 1946-, drums, percussion), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1991
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Culture’s beginnings:
from the heart of the country
rice-planting songs—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), from Narrow Road to the Interior (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
2020
Saturday, January 4th
timeless
Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), “Misty” (E. Garner, J. Burke), live, Sweden (Stockholm), 1964
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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welcoming in loads
of new year’s rain . . .
trashy house—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2020
Thursday, January 2nd
sounds of London
Brilliant Corners, London, 2019
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Wednesday, January 1st
sounds of Paris, Havana, and all over
Cami Layé Okún (DJ), live, Paris, 2019
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2019
Saturday, December 28th
sounds of outside and inside
This I could listen to all day.
Cool Maritime (AKA Sean Hellfritsch), from Sharing Waves, 2018
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The bush warbler
in a grove of bamboo sprouts
sings of growing old—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, December 27th
what’s new
Los Lobos, “¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?”, “Llegó Navidad,” “Christmas and You,” “It’s Christmas Time in Texas,” live, Washington, D.C., 12/18/19
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Along my journey
through this temporal world, people
new-year-house-cleaning—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Monday, December 23rd
Why not begin the week with something that will take you somewhere you haven’t been before?
Philippe Manoury (1952-), Melencolia (third string quartet), 2012; Arditti Quartet
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, December 18th
sounds of New York
Lei Liang (1972-), Ascension (for brass quintet and percussion, 2008); Andy Kozar (trumpet), Gareth Flowers (trumpet), David Byrd-Marrow (horn), William Lang (trombone), Dan Peck (tuba), Russell Greenberg (percussion), live, New York, 2016
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other day, Chicago
2019
Saturday, December 14th
sounds of Ecuador and all over
Nicola Cruz (DJ), live, Argentina (Iguazú Falls), published 12/12/19
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We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship,
although it meant the end of travel.—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “The Imaginary Iceberg”
