passings
David Lindley, musician (guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, oud, etc.), March 21, 1944–March 3, 2023
Henry Kaiser (1952-, guitarist), “Requiem for David Lindley,” 3/7/23
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948, After Khorkum (1940-42), detail
passings
Burt Bacharach, songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, May 12, 1928–February 8, 2023
“Anyone Who Had a Heart” (B. Bacharach & H. David): Dionne Warwick, live (with BB, piano), New York (Rainbow Room), 1996
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“A House Is Not a Home” (B. Bacharach & H. David): Luther Vandross, live, 1988
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“I Just Don’t Know What To Do with Myself” (B. Bacharach & H. David): White Stripes, live, Australia, 2006
sounds of London (and Kingston)
Pinty Ricketts (DJ), playing “Big Big Boss” (Johnny Moore [1960s]), London (The Night Owl), 12/4/22
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lagniappe
reading table/passings
The more I read, the less I understand.
—Charles Simic (May 9, 1938–January 9, 2023), from “Serving Time” (New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012)
passings
Gal Costa, singer, September 26, 1945–November 9, 2022
“Sua Estupidez” (R. Carlos), live (TV show), 2002
Gal Costa, one of Brazil’s greatest singers and a model for generations of Brazilian performers, died on Wednesday at her home in São Paulo. She was 77.
Her death was announced on her social media accounts. No cause was cited.
Ms. Costa’s voice, a lustrous mezzo-soprano, was a marvel of grace and vitality, equally capable of gravity-defying delicacy, tart teasing, jazzy agility and rock intensity. Over a recording career that spanned more than 50 years and three dozen albums, she championed innovative Brazilian songwriters and cross-fertilized Brazilian regional styles with international pop and rock.
In the 1960s, Ms. Costa was at the forefront of tropicália, the movement that brought psychedelic experimentation and anti-authoritarian irreverence to Brazilian pop music. When the leading songwriters of tropicália, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, were forced into exile by Brazil’s dictatorship, from 1969 to 1972, Ms. Costa recorded their songs for Brazilian listeners.
—New York Times obituary (excerpt), 11/9/22 (Jon Pareles)
more
Sunday night, in Glasgow, Robert Plant, remembering Mimi Parker, covered two of Low’s songs.
“Monkey”
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“Everybody’s Song”
passings
Mimi Parker, singer, drummer, songwriter, cofounder of Low, 1967–November 5, 2022
Low, “Days Like These,” 2021
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Lukas Ligeti (1965-), “Thinking Songs” (2015), Mvt. III (Four-Part Invention); Caitlin Jones (marimba), 2021
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lagniappe
passings
William Klein, photographer, filmmaker, April 19, 1926–September 10, 2022
Dance in Brooklyn, New York, 1955
passings
Jaimie Branch, trumpeter, composer, singer, bandleader, June 17, 1983–August 22, 2022
Live (with Lester St. Louis [cello], Jason Ajemian [bass], Chad Taylor [drums]), Zurich, Switzerland, 2020
#1
*****
#2
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Syl Johnson, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, July 1, 1936–February 6, 2022
“Different Strokes,” 1967
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“Is It Because I’m Black” (S. Johnson, et al.), 1969
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“Take Me to the River” (A. Green, M. Hodges), 1975
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Jimmy Johnson, singer, guitarist, November 25, 1928–January 31, 2022
“Cold, Cold Feeling” (J. M. Robinson), live, San Francisco, 2015
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Sam Lay, drummer, March 20, 1935–January 29, 2022
Sam Lay in Bluesland (trailer), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 