Thursday, December 19th
like nobody else
Cecil Taylor (1929-2018, piano), live, Washington, D.C., 1978
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: piano
2024
Saturday, November 23rd
what’s new
Elisabeth Harnik (piano), Joe Morris (guitar), live, Austria (Wels), 11/9/24
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lagniappe
reading table
High over the dark
shadows of Pine Islands, a
skylark breaks into song—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2024
Monday, November 18th
serendipity
Bumped into this last night. Couldn’t take my ears off it. One of the finest performances of Bach’s keyboard music I’ve heard.
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 1-12
Sara Daneshpour (piano), 2024
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Friday, November 8th
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Prelude No. 15 (“Raindrop”); Daniil Trifonov (1991-), piano
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Monday, November 4th
sounds of New York
Johnny Griffin (1928-2008, tenor saxophone) with Ronnie Mathews (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Kenny Washington (drums), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1981
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Sunday, October 27th
sounds of Louisville
Joe Thomas, “I Feel Like Pressing My Way,” live (TV Show), Louisville, Kentucky, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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Monday, September 30th
alone
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), Un Adieu (c. 1978); Marianne Schroeder (1949-, piano), 1992
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2024
Thursday, August 1st
sounds of Chicago
Muhal Richard Abrams Sextet (MRA [1930-2017], keyboards; Henry Threadgill, reeds [1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame]; Kalaparusha [Maurice McIntyre], reeds [1936-2013]; Wallace McMillan, reeds [1941-]; Reggie Willis, bass; Steve McCall, drums [1933-1989]), live, Berlin, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Saturday, June 15th
timeless
Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022, tenor saxophone), Lonnie Liston Smith (1940-, piano), Norris “Sirone” Jones (1940-2009, bass), Majib (aka Najeed) Shabazz (drums), live, France (Antibes), 1968
2024
Monday, June 10th
No matter how many times I hear this, it’s always new.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986): Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 