voices I miss
Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy (LB, 1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame; Steve Turre, trombone; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Phillip Wilson, drums, et al.), “Saving All My Love for You,” live, Berlin, 1986
Here’s more of the only drummer-composer-trombonist-pianist-professor-MacArthur-“genius”-grant-recipient I know.
Tyshawn Sorey (drums) and Vijay Iyer (piano), live (studio), New York, 2017
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers, “Jumpin’ Jive” (Stormy Weather, 1943)
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art beat
other day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Altar for Raquel M. Ontiveros by Victoria Tapia, Monica Cisneros, and Estella Cruz (Día de Muertos: A Spiritual Legacy, through December 9th)
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More sounds of Europe.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Fleisch (2017); Ensemble Nikel, live, Austria (Bludenz), 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Amsterdam
Suffering from TMP (too much politics)?
Try this.
Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live, Netherlands (Haarlem), 2018
spellbinding
Tyshawn Sorey Trio (TS, compositions, drums [2017 MacArthur Fellow]), Cory Smythe (piano), Chris Tordini (bass), live, New York, 2015
This I could listen to—I could lose myself in—for a long, long time.
They’re playing Thursday night at the University of Chicago.
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last night, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Hot 8 Brass Band, “Love Will Tear Us Apart, 10/24/18
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Here’s the original (remastered).
Joy Division, 1980, 2010
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Deep autumn—
my neighbor,
how does he live, I wonder?—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
what’s new
Aruan Ortiz (piano), Melanie Dyer (viola), Michael Attias (alto saxophone), live, New York, 10/8/18
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
What a relief, in a world crazy noisy, to be able to inhabit this sound-world, if only briefly.
Philip Glass (1937-), “Mad Rush” (P. Glass, 1979), live, Montreal, 2015
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
more
Arvo Pärt (1935-), Fratres (1977); Stéphane Tétreault (cello), Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano), live (studio), Montreal, 2015
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
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