sounds of Paris
Erik Satie (1866-1925), Gnossiennes 1-6 (1889-97); Reinbert de Leeuw (piano), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2018
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Silence
of an oak grove
the moon high in the trees—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
what’s new
Peter Van Hoesen (electronics) & Gabi Sultana (piano) play John Cage (1912-1992), live, Paris, 10/30/18 (published 12/12/18)
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Heaven: hearing, together, a favorite drummer and a favorite bassist.
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Malachi Favors (bass, 1927-2004) and Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone, 1931-2006), “Paris? Oui” (Tarik), 1969
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Brad Mehldau (piano), “Three Pieces After Bach,” live, Paris, 2018
what’s new
Joris Voorn (DJ), live, Paris, 6/11/18
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little tub—
pond snails ready for shelling
play sliding games—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
God has given me a ministry. It’s about reaching as many souls as I can through techno, speaking God’s truth and his gospel to as many ears as I can, taking the message to the street.
—Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), New Yorker, 5/7/18
Live, Paris, 2015
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random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Prairie Path, Bellwood)
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voices I miss
Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone, 1934-2004), “Wasted” (S. Lacy), live, Paris, 1982
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Yatsumi Bridge, 1856
what’s new
Oumou Sangaré, “Kamelemba,” 2017
New Year’s resolution
More accordion.
Live, Paris, 2012
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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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)
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