what’s new
Fay Victor’s SoundNoiseFUNK (FV, vocals, compositions; Joe Morris, guitar; Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone; Reggie Nicholson, drums), live, New York, 10/13/18
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I can’t tell you – but you feel it –
Nor can you tell me –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 164 (Franklin)
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Brandon Lopez (bass), Francisco Mela (drums), live, New York, 9/30/18
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random sights
other day, Elmhurst, Ill. (Prairie Path)
alone
Matthew Shipp (piano), live, New York, 9/13/18
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other day, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
sounds of New York
Fay Victor’s Mutations for Justice (FV, vocals, compositions; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Michael Vatcher, drums), live, New York, 2018
This drummer, Michael Vatcher, will be playing tonight in Chicago, at Constellation, with cornetist Josh Berman and bassist Jason Roebke.
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other day, Chicago (Art Institute, South Garden)
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Kaija Saariaho (1952-), Light and Matter (2014); Longleash (Pala Garcia, violin; John Popham, cello; Renate Rohlfing, piano), live, New York, 2017
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Dust is the only secret.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 166 (Franklin)
what’s new
John Luther Adams (1953-), In the Name of the Earth (2018), live (excerpt), New York (Cathedral of St. John the Divine), 8/11/18
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other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone) & Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, New York, 2013
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other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
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Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 143 (Franklin)
sounds (and sights) of New York
Critical Response Trio (Jason Kao Hwang, violin; Anders Nilsson, guitar; Michael TA Thompson, drums) & Douglas Dunn + Dancers, live, New York, 2018
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other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
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Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, New York, 2016
Tonight she’ll be playing at a Chicago art gallery, Corbett vs. Dempsey, beginning at 6 p.m., with reed players Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee.
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random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
string quartets
day four
Helmut Lachenmann (1935-), String Quartet No. 3, “Grido,” excerpt; Mivos Quartet, live, New York, 2012
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this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
