Wednesday, May 3rd
alone
George Dumitriu (viola), “Crepuscule with Nellie” (Thelonious Monk, 1917-1982), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), published 1/31/23
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other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
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Category: Netherlands
2023
Friday, April 28th
like nothing else
Chris Corsano (1975-, drums, percussion), live, Netherlands (The Hague), 2022
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Monday, March 6th
Today, after more than a decade of near-daily blogging (and tens of thousands of views from people in over 175 countries), I’m adopting a new format. No longer will I be here every day. Instead, I’ll be stopping by now and then, as the spirit moves me. Enjoy!
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Simeon Ten Holt (1923-2012), Canto Ostinato (1976): pianists Elizabeth Bergmann, Marcel Bergmann, Sandra van Veen and Jeroen van Veen, live, Netherlands (Eindhoven), 4/2/2011
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2023
Wednesday, January 18th
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton (1945-, reeds, compositions), et al., live (performance begins at 3:25), Amsterdam, 2015
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Piet Mondrian, Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, 1921
2022
Saturday, October 8th
timeless
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Crippled Symmetry (1983); Ives Ensemble (Rik Andriessen, flute, bass flute; Arnold Marinissen, vibraphone, glockenspiel; John Snijders, piano, celesta), live, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2008
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2022
Monday, April 11th
never enough
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM [1917-1982], piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; John Ore, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), “Bemsha Swing” (T. Monk), live, Netherlands (Bussum), 1961
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, January 24th
sounds of Amsterdam
Jeff Kaiser (trumpet, laptop), Michael Moore (clarinets), Michael Vatcher (percussion), live, Amsterdam, 2009
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art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Barbara Kruger (1945-), fragment from the exhibit Thinking of You/ I Mean Me/ I Mean You
2021
Thursday, October 21st
more
Lonnie Holley (1950-, vocals, keyboard, electronics, composition), with Dave Nelson (trombone, electronics), Marlon Patton (drums, electronics), “I Left My Wings in Heaven,” Netherlands (Utrecht), 2018
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Monday, October 4th
like nobody else
Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, yesterday
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Thursday, July 22nd
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor; Menno van Delft (clavichord), live, Amsterdam, 2015
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