Monday, August 19th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2019
Saturday, August 17th
mesmerizing
Philip Glass (1937-), “Metamorphosis Two”; Lavinia Meijer, harp, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Thursday, August 15th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Violin and String Quartet (1985); Pellegrini Quartet with Peter Rundel (violin)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Tuesday, August 13th
what’s new
Bon Iver, “iMi,” 8/8/19
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Saturday, August 10th
Weary of this too-much world?
Sounds this spare, this spacious, offer a refuge—a way in.
Brian Eno (1948-), “Neroli (Thinking Music Part IV),” 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, August 7th
If I were to count, on my fingers, the number of times I have listened to this over the years, I would need an awful lot of hands.
Bill Evans (piano, 1929-1980), “Never Let Me Go” (J. Livingston, R. Evans), 1968 (Alone)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, August 1st
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Henry Threadgill Sextett (HT [MCOTD Hall of Fame], 1944-, alto saxophone, flute, compositions); Frank Lacy, trombone; Rasul Sadik, trumpet; Deidre Murray, cello; Fred Hopkins, bass; Newman Baker, drums; Yoron Israel, percussion), live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1988
2019
Wednesday, July 31st
Tenor saxophone and drums—another take.
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), live, Netherlands (Haarlem), 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
There came a Wind like a Bugle —
It quivered through the Grass
And a Green Chill upon the Heat
So ominous did pass
We barred the Windows and the Doors
As from an Emerald Ghost —
The Doom’s electric Moccasin
That very instant passed —
On a strange Mob of panting Trees
And Fences fled away
And Rivers where the Houses ran
Those looked that lived — that Day —
The Bell within the steeple wild
The flying tidings told —
How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the World!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 1618 (Franklin)
2019
Tuesday, July 30th
what’s new
Enno Poppe (1969-), Fett (2018-2019); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Susanna Mälkki, cond.), live, 5/10/19
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Monday, July 29th
more
Andrew Cyrille (1939-, drums) with Peter Brötzmann (reeds), live, New York, 6/11/19
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