Sunday, February 16th
alone
Cory Henry (1987-, organ), “He Has Made Me Glad,” live
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: organ
2020
Thursday, February 13th
never enough
Looking for something to lift your spirits?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 550; Matthias Havinga (1983-), live, Netherlands (St. Bravo’s Church, Haarlem), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, February 2nd
what’s new
Quinsin Nachoff’s Flux (QN, tenor saxophone, composition; David Binney, alto saxophone; Matt Mitchell, piano, keyboards, modular synthesizer; Nat Wood, drums; with guest Jason Barnsely, 1924 Kimball theatre organ), “Bounce,” video by Lee Hutzulak, 1/14/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, February 23rd
timeless
Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), “What’s Going On” (M. Gaye, A. Cleveland, R. Benson), “What’s Happening Brother” (M. Gaye, J. Nyx Jr.), live, Chicago, 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, February 5th
sounds of Iceland
I’m not quite sure what these guys are doing but whatever it is they sure know what they’re doing.
ADHD, live, Iceland (Hafnarfjörður), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
2017
Tuesday, October 17th
sounds of Seattle
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, live, Seattle, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), Pine and Henry Streets, New York, 1936
2017
Sunday, January 29th
back to church
No wonder the place is packed.
St. James Adult Choir , “O Give Thanks,” live, St. James Baptist Church, Detroit
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2017
Sunday, January 8th
back to church
Career plans for the next life? If none of those other things pan out (tap dancer, rubboard player in a zydeco band, bass player in a reggae band, guitar player in a Malian band, cellist in a string quartet, bird, accordionist), I might give gospel drummer a try.
Rev. Charles Nicks (1941-1988; organ) & the St. James Adult Choir, “How I Got Over,” live, St. James Baptist Church, Detroit
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (Post Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980-2016, through today)
Thornton Dial (1928-2016), Royal Flag, 1997-1998
2016
Sunday, December 11th
back to church
First Church of Deliverance Choir (feat. Corneal Overton, vocals; Fred Nelson III, organ), “He’s Been So Good” (F. Nelson), live, Chicago, 1987
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2016
Monday, May 30th
Vancouver folkie + iconic Memphis rhythm section.
This should never have worked.
But it does, wonderfully.
Frazey Ford, “September Fields” (Indian Ocean), 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
The climate is pretty.
I wrote everything on it.
That’s the activity where it
gets relatively inauspicious.***
And you were sitting there
in the night of life. It sure was good.
My favorite desserts were there.
And when they invite you, it’s like an important document
goes missing. I’ll give you an example:
a twelve-year struggle upstate, in
the slick atmosphere of the breakfast room.
It might have gotten stuck in her farthingale.Otherwise no reply.
—John Ashbery (1927-), “As Someone Who Likes Travel,” fragments (New Yorker, 5/30/16)
To read Ashbery is to read English as a foreign language—which I mean as a compliment.
