Tuesday, March 19th
sounds of New York
We Free Strings,* live New York, 1/18/19
*Melanie Dyer, viola; Charles Burnham, violin; Gwen Laster, violin; Alex Waterman, cello; Ken Filiano, bass; Michael Wimberly, percussion.
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Category: New York
2019
Thursday, February 28th
sounds of New York
Louie Vega (DJ), live, New York, 12/18/18
2019
Wednesday, January 30th
sounds of New York
Zs, live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
cold winter sky—
where will this wandering beggar
grow old?—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2019
Monday, January 28th
sounds of New York
Marilyn Crispell (piano), Mark Helias (bass), Tyshawn Sorey (drums, percussion), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, January 16th
what’s new
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Matt Mitchell (piano), Dave King (drums), live, New York, 1/7/19
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lagniappe
reading table
in my thatched hut
even dreaming
the cold—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2019
Monday, January 7th
sounds of New York
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Michael Formanek (bass) Andrew Cyrille (drums), live, New York, 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 407 (Franklin)
2019
Wednesday, January 2nd
what’s new
Four Tet (AKA Kieran Hebden, DJ), New York, 12/28/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, December 16th
timeless
Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, 1936-1970) with Donald Tyler (trumpet), et al., “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), Live in Greenwich Village (Village Vanguard), 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, December 11th
voices I miss
This drummer never fails to lift my spirits.
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Mal Waldron (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Woody Shaw (flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (bass), “The Git Go” (M. Waldron), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1985
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