Tuesday, July 25th
voices I miss
Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone, 1934-2004), “Wasted” (S. Lacy), live, Paris, 1982
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Yatsumi Bridge, 1856
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Paris
2017
Monday, June 12th
what’s new
Oumou Sangaré, “Kamelemba,” 2017
2017
Wednesday, January 4th
New Year’s resolution
More accordion.
Live, Paris, 2012
2015
Saturday, August 15th
How about a trip to Paris?
Steve Lacy Trio (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Epistrophy” (T. Monk), “Revenue,” live, Paris (Sunset Jazz Club), 1993
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lagniappe
reading table
A gentleman of the better type is, in our opinion, only he who entertains a fair number of vain and foolish ideas about himself, and who above all imagines that his nose is better than any other good and sensible human nose whatsoever.
—Robert Walser (1878-1956), “The Walk” (translated from German by Christopher Middleton)
2015
Monday, June 22nd
More of Ornette.
Ornette Coleman Trio (David Izenzon, bass; Charles Moffett, percussion), playing and talking, Paris, 1966
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
