like nobody else
This I return to again, and again, and again.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
sounds of Chicago
Matthew Shipp (1960-, piano), live (performance begins at 9:30), Chicago, 8/28/21
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random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
alone
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, piano, compositions), Bagatelles – VIII (2018)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Think how they must look now, the mangrove keys
lying out there unresponsive to the lightning
in dark, coarse-fibred families,where occasionally a heron may undo his head,
shake up his feathers, make an uncertain comment
when the surrounding water shines.—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Little Exercise”
never enough
One of the greatest pianists alive—now seventy-nine.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Ballade No. 1 in G minor (1831); Maurizio Pollini (1942-, piano), live, Milan, 6/25/21
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Paris
Yusef Lateef Quartet (YL, 1920-2013, flute; Kenny Barron, piano; Bob Cunningham, bass; Albert Heath, drums), “Yesterdays” (J. Kern), live, Paris, 1972
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yesterday, Chicago
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reading table
This is a world of books gone flat.
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Visits to St. Elizabeths”
like nobody else
John Cage (1912-1992), Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948), excerpts; James Tenney (piano), live, West Hollywood, Calif., 2002
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Jimmy Yancey (1894-1951, piano), “How Long Blues” (rec. 1939, Chicago)
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other day, Chicago
never enough
Two takes.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Rondo in D major, K. 485
Víkingur Ólafsson (1984-, piano), published yesterday
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Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989, piano), live, Vienna, 1987
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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.
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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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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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)
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