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
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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random sights
other day, Chicago
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Prelude No. 15 (“Raindrop”); Daniil Trifonov (1991-), piano
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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random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of Louisville
Joe Thomas, “I Feel Like Pressing My Way,” live (TV Show), Louisville, Kentucky, 1973
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
alone
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), Un Adieu (c. 1978); Marianne Schroeder (1949-, piano), 1992
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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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other day, Chicago
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
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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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Denver Butson (words, voice) with Mat Maneri’s ASH Quartet (MM, viola; Lucian Ban, piano; Brandon Lopez, bass; Randy Peterson, drums), live, New York (Bar Bayeux, Brooklyn), 3/27/24
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other day, Chicago
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