alone
Aruan Ortiz (1973-, piano), live, 6/11/20
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lagniappe
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Pure white plum blossoms
slowly begin to turn
the color of dawn—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor (K. 457); Micah McLaurin (1994-, piano), live, Philadelphia, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
In seasonal rain
along a nameless river
fear too has no name—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
voices I miss
Betty Carter (vocals, 1929-1998) with Geri Allen (piano, 1957-2017), Dave Holland (bass, 1946-), Jack DeJohnette (drums, 1942-), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
like nothing else
Evan Parker ElectroAcoustic Nonet (Evan Parker, saxophone; Barry Guy, bass; Paul Lytton, drums; Peter Evans, trumpet; Okkyung Lee, cello; Sten Sandell, piano; Richard Barrett, electronics; Paul Obermayer, electronics; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, France (Mulhouse), 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
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A melancholic introspection retrospective
Was taking place in a white-walled room called Summer Was.—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “Don’t” (Elegy, 2007)
alone
This tiny piece, which calls out to us from the 18th century, I first heard yesterday. Then I listened again. And again.
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Les Tendres Plaintes; Grigory Sokolov (1950-, piano), live, Berlin, 2013
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Sweet springtime showers
and no words can express
how sad it all is—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
testify!
“Mama,” “I Know the Lord,” live, c. 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Piano Sonata No. 9 (1913); Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997, piano), live, England (Aldeburgh Festival), 1966
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Suite en la Gavotte et six Doubles; Natacha Kudritskaya (1983-, piano), 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
Why not begin the week with something quiet?
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (1987); Aleck Karis (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Danielle Farina (viola), Christopher Finckel (cello), 2015
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
How reluctantly
the bee emerges from deep
within the peony—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
like nobody else
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009, vocals, piano), “Manhattan” (R. Rodgers, L. Hart), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Gray hairs being plucked,
and from below my pillow
a cricket singing—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
