Friday, September 14th
what’s new
Tom Waits (vocals) and Marc Ribot (guitar), “Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful),” 9/12/18 (Marc Ribot, Songs of Resistance 1942-2018)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2018
Wednesday, September 12th
sounds of Argentina
Juana Molina, “Cosoco,” New York, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Tuesday, September 11th
voices I miss
The way a bass should sound—fat, dark, bottomless.
Malachi Favors (1927-2004), live, New York, 2001
2018
Monday, September 10th
sounds of Iceland
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Heyr þú oss himnum á (2005); Hljómeyki chamber choir, 2005
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Bellwood, Ill.
2018
Thursday, September 6th
alone
Kris Davis (piano), live, Chicago, 2018 (excerpt)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Maywood, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, September 5th
Nine years ago today this blog began with this post.
One left Cuba after the revolution, the other stayed. Here they play together: pianists—father and son—Bebo and Chucho Valdes.
2018
Tuesday, September 4th
serendipity
This I bumped into the other night.
Ivan Petrovich Larionov (1830-1889), “Kalinka”; Tanya Kalmanovitch (violin) and Ted Reichman (accordion), live, Boston (Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory), 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2018
Saturday, September 1st
what’s new
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, composition) & Spektral Quartet, from Yo Soy La Tradición, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, August 30th
Saturday in Chicago
They’re playing, with bassist William Parker and drummer Bobby Kapp, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Ivo Perelman (tenor saxophone) & Matthew Shipp (piano), live, New York, 2013
2018
Tuesday, August 28th
Sunday in Chicago
They’re playing at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Ajemian, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, Toronto, 2017
“theme 1,” “. . . meanwhile,” “theme 2”
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“theme nothing”
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 