Some sounds you listen to; others you inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1981, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Between Categories (1969); Yarn Wire, live, Stony Brook, N.Y., 2017
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Another take.
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
James Webb (1975-), Prayer (through December 31st)
more
Right now his music, which, I realize, may be an acquired taste, is giving me as much pleasure as anything.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Stoff (2015); Ensemble Dal Niente (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Chicago, 2016
The fascinating chill that Music leaves . . .
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 1511 (Franklin)
Enno Poppe (1969-), Filz (2014); Ensemble Resonanz (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 2015
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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lagniappe
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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lagniappe
random sights
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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lagniappe
random sights
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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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Deep autumn—
my neighbor,
how does he live, I wonder?—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
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