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Camila Nebbia (tenor saxophone), Michael Formanek (bass), Vinny Sperrazza (drums), live, New York (Downtown Music Gallery), 8/28/22
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Life is not made for meetings;
like stars at opposite ends of the sky we move.—Tu Fu (aka Du Fu, 712-770), from “Presented to Wei Pa, Gentleman in Retirement,” translated from the Chinese by Burton Watson (The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry, 1984)
string festival
day three
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, composition, direction) and Uprising Orchestra (Lester St. Louis [cello], Ken Filiano [bass], Andrew Drury [drums], et al.), “Myths of Origin,” live, New York, 10/10/21
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Woods, Aix-en-Provence (1887-1890), detail (Cezanne—The Artist’s Artist, through 9/5/22)
sounds of New York
Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos (Marc Ribot [1954-, guitar], Dafnis Prieto [1974-, drums], et al.), “El Divorcio,” live, New York, 2010
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Kris Davis Trio (KD, 1980-, piano, compositions; William Parker, 1952-, bass; Jeff “Tain” Watts, 1960-, drums), live, New York, 2019
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the stars I can see and those I will never see / will not ever again be in the same places / as they are at this moment
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we are all here together without knowing it / flying at a speed beyond thinking
—W.S. Merwin (1927-2019), from “One October Night” (Garden Time, 2016)
more
James Brandon Lewis Trio (JBL [1983-, tenor saxophone, composition], et al.), “Raise Up Off Me,” live, New York, 3/9/22
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reading table
I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past
into the present(which amounts to the same thing)
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Pretty Little” (Conjure, 2020)
alone
Dai Fujikura (1977-), Sakana (2007); Ryan Muncy (tenor saxophone, International Contemporary Ensemble), live, New York, 2015
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Brandon Seabrook (1984-, guitar), live, New York (456 Gallery), 2016
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of New York
Daniel Carter (1945-, soprano saxophone), Hamid Drake (1955-, drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame), live, New York (Three Jewels Yoga and Meditation), 2014
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
voices I miss
Ed Blackwell (1929-1992, drums, percussion) with Mal Waldron (1925-2002, piano), Charles Rouse (1924-1988, tenor saxophone), Woody Shaw (1944-1989, trumpet, flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (1937-, bass), live (“The Git Go” [M. Waldron], excerpt), New York (Village Vanguard), 1980s
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of New York
Tamio Shiraishi (1949-, alto saxophone), live, New York, 7/16/22
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yesterday, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
