Saturday, March 26th
timeless
Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Richard Thompson (guitar), “The Boxer” (P. Simon), live, New York (2016)
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reading table
I shall keep singing!
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 270 (Franklin)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: New York
2022
2022
Thursday, March 17th
voices I miss
Billy Bang Quintet (BB, 1947-2011, violin, compositions; James Zollar, trumpet; Andrew Bemkey, piano; Todd Nicholson, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums), live, New York, 2006
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Look at your past, how it’s grown.
—Karen Solie (1966-), from “All That Is Certain Is Night Lasts Longer Than the Day”
2022
Wednesday, March 9th
what’s new
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 3/1/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, March 8th
like nobody else
In a world of too much—news, suffering, noise—he offers a small, quiet space to inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For John Cage (1982); Jesse Mills (violin), Rieko Aizawa (piano), live, New York (Bargemusic, Brooklyn), 7/30/21
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Wednesday, March 2nd
sounds of New York
Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York, 2/22/22 (published yesterday)
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Interchanged (1955)
2022
Wednesday, February 23rd
sounds of New York
Yoni Kretzmer Trio (YT, tenor saxophone; William Parker, bass; Randy Peterson, drums), live, New York, last night
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random sight
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, February 15th
sounds of New York
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, drums, compositions; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2022
Friday, February 11th
what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Jose Davila (tuba), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, last night
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2022
Wednesday, February 9th
voices I miss
Here, three weeks before dying from lung cancer, he’s bursting with life.
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin), live (Dewey Redman Memorial), New York, 2/4/07
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Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2022
Thursday, February 3rd
alone
Miranda Cuckson (violin), live, New York, 11/30/21: Elliot Carter (1908-2012), Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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