Sunday, September 4th
back to church
Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “That Morning Train”
Live, Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: New York
2016
2016
Tuesday, August 23rd
never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor
Jonathan Biss, live, New York, 2011
One of the things I admire about this performance is its immediacy: it feels not like recitation but spontaneous utterance.
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lagniappe
reading table
One insect
asleep on a leaf
can change your life—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by David Young
2016
Saturday, July 23rd
sounds of India and New York
Here’s one of the performers at this year’s Ragas Live Festival, which begins at noon, at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, and goes until noon tomorrow. It’s being streamed—all 24 hours—on WKCR (Columbia University).
Pandit Krishna Bhatt (sitar) with Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (tabla), Margherita Marincola (tanpura); Raga Kafi, live, New York, 2014
2016
Thursday, July 21st
sounds of New York
Dre Hocevar Large Ensemble (DH, drums, composition), live, New York, 2015
2016
Saturday, July 2nd
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Henry Threadgill (1944-, composer, alto saxophonist, flutist, bandleader, 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner), playing and talking, 2010
2016
Thursday, June 16th
what’s new
M.A.K.U. SoundSystem, Mezcla, 2016
2016
Wednesday, June 8th
sounds of New York
Lea Bertucci, “The Cepheid Variations,” live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
New sounds are heard in the dark.
2016
Tuesday, June 7th
like nobody else
Leroy Jenkins Gut Band (LJ [1932-2007] violin, compositions; Brandon Ross, guitar; David Wong, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums), live, New York, 2000
2016
Wednesday, June 1st
sounds of New York
Sandbox Percussion, live (excerpts from S. Reich, “Drumming”; A. Weiser, “Anatomy of a Drum Roll”; S. Reich, “Music for Pieces of Wood”), New York (Washington Square Park), 2014
2016
Monday, May 9th
gathering of birds
Oliver Lake & Alto Madness (Oliver Lake, alto saxophone, compositions; Darius Jones, Bruce Williams, Anthony Ware, alto saxophones; Pheeroan AkLaff, drums), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day 