sounds of New York
“Love in Outer Space” (Sun Ra [1934-1993]), Francisco Mora Catlett’s AfroHorn (FMC, drums; Ahmed Abdullah, trumpet, vocals; Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone; Alex Harding, baritone sax; Bob Stewart, tuba; Rashaan Carter, bass; Aruán Ortiz, piano; Román Díaz, percussion), live, New York, 2018
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Anna Höstman (1972-), Late Winter (for the Left Hand), Cheryl Duvall (piano), Ella Sharp Morton (art direction), published 9/21/21
The music video for Late Winter (for the Left Hand), recorded by Cheryl Duvall, with art direction by Ella Sharp Morton, will be presented at the next UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in October/November 2021 as part of the Musicians 4 Climate Justice fundraiser for UNESCO and local climate change initiatives.
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reading table
In Ohara
a lonely thread of smoke
from the charcoal burner’s kiln
drifting
disconsolate—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
sounds of New York
One-word review: Wow!
Zoh Amba (tenor saxophone) and Vijay Iyer (piano), live, New York, 10/15/21
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Tim Daisy (drums), live (performance begins at 5:40), Chicago, last night, with (1) Matt Piet (piano), first set, and (2) Ben Lamar Gay (cornet) and Mabel Kwan (piano), second set
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TISM (Tom Rainey, drums; Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones; Sylvie Courvoisier, piano; Mark Feldman, violin), live, New York, 2019
#1
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#2
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Marvin Tate (vocals, compositions) with Ben Lamar Gay (electronics, cornet, piano), Mike Reed (drums, percussion), et al., live, Chicago, 9/4/21
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like nobody else
Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, yesterday
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This I could listen to all day.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Igor Levit (1987-, piano), 2020
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timeless
I didn’t know how much I needed this until I stumbled upon it this morning.
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Fantasia in C major (HXVII 4); Kirill Gerstein (1979-, piano), live, London, 3/4/21
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Annea Lockwood (1939-) & Yarn/Wire, “Into the Vanishing Point,” published 9/7/21
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