Thursday, July 29th
basement jukebox: sounds of New Orleans
Professor Longhair (aka Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd, 1918-1980; vocals, piano), “Tipitina” (R. Byrd, C. Matassa), 1954
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Category: piano
2021
Monday, July 26th
like nobody else
Nina Simone (1933-2003), “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life” (J. Rado, G. Ragni, G. MacDermot), live, London, 1968
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reading table
Rising from sickness, I lean on a cane and stand by the river.
Countless peach petals flow downstream.—Ryokan (1758-1831), from “Upon getting up from sickness in late spring” (translated from the Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi)
2021
Saturday, July 24th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007
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2021
Saturday, July 17th
passings
Frederic Rzewski, composer, pianist, April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975), live, Miami, 2007
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Saturday, July 10th
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor; Martha Argerich (1941-, piano), live, Germany (Hamburg), 6/25/20
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Saturday, July 3rd
voices I miss
Steve Lacy (1934-2004, soprano saxophone) with Misha Mengelberg (piano), Rafael Garrett (bass), Han Bennink (drums, percussion), Monk Tribute (“Hornin’ In,” “Criss-Cross,” “Misterioso,” “Little Rootie Tootie,” “In Walked Bud – ‘Round Midnight ,” “Bright Mississippi” [Thelonious Monk]), live, Chicago, 1986
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, June 30th
sounds of New York
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) with guest Sean Jones (trumpet), live, New York, 6/28/21
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other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path)
2021
Monday, June 28th
never enough
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, excerpt (Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor); Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano
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other day, Chicago
2021
Monday, June 14th
like nobody else
Cecil Taylor Unit (CT, 1929-2018, piano; Sam Rivers, soprano saxophone; Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone; Andrew Cyrille, drums), live, Paris, 1969
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Thursday, June 3rd
alone
One-word review: Wow!
Mitsuko Uchida (1948-, piano), live (performance begins at 2:45), London, yesterday: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), 4 Impromptus (D899), 4 Impromptus (D935)
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