Monday, October 20th
Why not start the week with a parade?
Divine Ladies Social Aid and Pleasure Club Parade (with Stooges Brass Band), New Orleans, 2009
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Second Liners, New Orleans, 1961
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous percussion
2014
Wednesday, October 15th
sounds of Argentina
Juana Molina, live, Paris, 2013*
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Tempo, rhythm, improvisation—baseball, too, is music.
Mike Moustakas (third base), Kansas City Royals, 10/14/14
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
– Wed 21 00:50
– Eras 04:06
– Lo decidi yo 10:11
– Ay, no se ofendan 14:41
– Un dia 21:20
– Las edades 29:03
– Sin guia, no 34:59
– Final feliz 41:15
2014
Saturday, October 4th
more Miles
Miles Davis Septet,* “Yesternow,” live, Norway (Oslo), 1971
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Japan (Hiroshima), 1984
*MD (trumpet), Gary Bartz (alto saxophone), Keith Jarrett (keyboards), Michael Henderson (bass), Leon Chandler (drums), Don Alias (percussion), James “Mtume” Forman (percussion).
2014
Tuesday, September 30th
never enough
Miles Davis Septet,* “What I Say,” live, Norway (Oslo), 1971
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Japan (Kyoto), 1981
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*MD (trumpet), Gary Bartz (soprano saxophone), Keith Jarrett (keyboards), Michael Henderson (bass), Leon Chandler (drums), Don Alias (percussion), James “Mtume” Forman (percussion).
2014
Saturday, September 13th
David T. Little (1978-), Haunt of Last Nightfall; Third Coast Percussion, live
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
It’s not hard to imagine a world where the different kinds of music could be counted. Maybe there’d be 49, or 94, or 949. Thank God, or whatever, we don’t live there.
2014
Tuesday, September 9th
What to make of this?
Why make anything of it?
Why not let it make something of you?
John Cage (1912-1992), Music for Amplified Toy Pianos (1960); Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo, live (recording session), Luxembourg, 2012
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reading table
Falling blossoms.
Blossoms in bloom are also
falling blossoms.—Ryokan (1758-1831; translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi)
2014
Thursday, September 4th
composer, n. somebody who wants to hear sounds nobody’s ever heard before.
Mario Diaz de León (1979-), Prism Path; International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE),* live, New York, 2011
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*Claire Chase, flutes; Eric Lamb, flutes; Joshua Rubin, clarinets; Cory Smythe, piano; Nathan Davis, percussion; Mario Diaz de León, electronics.
2014
Thursday, August 21st
sounds of Chicago
Marcos Balter (1974-), Dark Rooms (2007); Third Coast Percussion, 2014
If someone asked me to describe this, I wouldn’t know how to begin—which I mean as a compliment.
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musical thoughts
[Y]oung musicians need Balter as much as Bach.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 12/3/13
2014
Monday, June 16th
Ornette, at 84, still plays some of the most haunting blues I’ve ever heard.
Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone), with Henry Threadgill (alto saxophone), David Murray (tenor saxophone), Savion Glover (tap dance), et al., live, New York (Prospect Park), 6/12/14
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With Don Cherry (trumpet), Charlie Haden (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), The Shape Of Jazz To Come, 1959
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), East 100th St., New York, 1966
2014
Thursday, June 12th
sounds of Chicago
One-word review: mesmerizing.
Art Ensemble of Chicago, live, France (Chateauvallon), 1970
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lagniappe
reading table
Despite all my inner crumblings,
I’m still able to recognize a perfect day:
sea without shadow,
sky without wrinkles,
air hovering over me like a blessing.—Nina Cassian (1924-2014), “Summer X-Rays” (fragment)
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