Thursday, January 28th
timeless
Anton Webern, Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano (op. 11, 1914); Jacob Szekely (cello), Maksim Velichkin (piano), 2020
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Tuesday, January 26th
two takes
“Over the Rainbow” (H. Arlen, Y. Harburg)
Art Pepper (1925-1982, alto saxophone), George Cables (1944-, piano), 1982
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Bud Powell (1924-1966, piano), 1951
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Monday, January 25th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001); Robin Lorentz (violin), Amy Knoles (vibraphone, marimba), Bryan Pezzone (piano), Barry Newton (bass), 2002
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Sunday, January 24th
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Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and the Original Gospel Harmonettes, “They Won’t Believe” (D. Coates), live (TV show)
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Wednesday, January 20th
timeless
Bud Powell (1924-1966, piano) with Curly (aka Curley) Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums), “Un Poco Loco” (B. Powell), 1951
In the late 1980s, the renowned literary and cultural critic Harold Bloom included “Un Poco Loco” in his list of the most “sublime” works of twentieth-century American art (from his introduction to Modern Critical Interpretations: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow).
—Wikipedia
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Tuesday, January 19th
sounds of New York
Suffering from an excess of joy?
If so, you might want to pass on this.
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) with guests Joe Farnsworth (drums), Julius Rodriguez (piano), Mathis Picard (piano), live (tribute to pianist Cedar Walton [1934-2013]), New York, last night
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Saturday, January 16th
sounds of New York
Cooper-Moore (piano), live, New York, 2018
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Thursday, January 14th
never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 31; Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997, piano), live, Moscow, 1991
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Saturday, January 9th
never enough
Andras Schiff (piano) playing (and discussing) Bach (Capriccio in B flat major [Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother] BWV992; Sinfonia No. 5 in E flat BWV791; Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor BWV795; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903; Italian Concerto in F major BWV971; Ouvertüre nach französischer Art BWV831), live, London, yesterday
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Thursday, January 7th
never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor; Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997, piano), live, Moscow, 1975
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