Tuesday, July 31st
what’s new
Diplo (DJ), Barcelona, 6/15/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2018
Monday, July 30th
Last night I heard her at Chicago’s Hungry Brain. Otherworldly. Tonight she’ll be playing, and talking (with reed player Ken Vandermark), at the Experimental Sound Studio—all of which will be streamed, beginning at 7:30 (CST).
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), live, Rochester, N.Y., 6/18/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Saturday, July 21st
what’s new
Sounds so strong just 46 seconds will last the whole day.
J@K@L,* After a Few Days (excerpt), 4/2/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
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*Keefe Jackson (saxophones, tube), Julian Kirshner (drums), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello, tenor guitar, electronics).
2018
Friday, July 20th
what’s new
Rev. Sekou and The Seal Breakers, live, Washington, D.C., 7/10/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Rookery Building)
2018
Saturday, July 14th
what’s new
Nate Wooley (trumpet), Michael Foster (tenor saxophone), Brandon Lopez (bass), Ben Bennett (percussion), live, New York, 6/21/18
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, July 9th
mesmerizing
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001), Andrew Ferdig (marimba), Kevin Keith (vibraphone), Danica Smith (violin), Andy Sproule (bass), James Wehe (piano), live, Denver, 2017
2018
Saturday, July 7th
desert island disc
Miles Davis, In a Silent Way (MD, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone; John McLaughlin, guitar; Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, keyboards; Dave Holland, bass; Tony Williams, drums), 1969*
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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*Side A: “Shhh”/”Peaceful”/”Shhh” (M. Davis); Side B: “In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul)/”It’s About That Time” (M. Davis)/”In a Silent Way” (J. Zawinul).
2018
Friday, July 6th
passings
Henry Butler, pianist, singer, September 21, 1948-July 2, 2018
With Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, “Some Iko,” live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans
Eureka Brass Band, late 1950s
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 1959
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Second Liners at Mardi Gras, 1957
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Second Liners, 1961
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Young Tuxedo Bass Band, 1966
2018
Monday, July 2nd
violin festival
day one
Listening to this the floor begins to feel less solid.
Michael Hersch (1971-), “the weather and landscape is on our side” for unaccompanied violin (2015); Miranda Cuckson, 2017 (published)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Bellwood, Ill.
music clip of the day 