Tuesday, September 18th
alone
Brad Mehldau (piano), “Three Pieces After Bach,” live, Paris, 2018
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: piano
2018
Thursday, September 6th
alone
Kris Davis (piano), live, Chicago, 2018 (excerpt)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Maywood, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, September 5th
Nine years ago today this blog began with this post.
One left Cuba after the revolution, the other stayed. Here they play together: pianists—father and son—Bebo and Chucho Valdes.
2018
Thursday, August 30th
Saturday in Chicago
They’re playing, with bassist William Parker and drummer Bobby Kapp, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Ivo Perelman (tenor saxophone) & Matthew Shipp (piano), live, New York, 2013
2018
Wednesday, August 22nd
this weekend in Chicago
Saturday night he’s playing at Constellation.
Craig Taborn, piano
Live, Macedonia (Skopje), 2015
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Live (playing and talking), Belgium (Antwerp), 2016
2018
Thursday, August 16th
1+1=?
Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola), Marilyn Crispell (piano), live, Baltimore, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
It takes a bit of life experience to realize that our choice is merely between making fools of ourselves either intentionally or unintentionally.
—Brother David Steindl-Rast, The Way of Silence
2018
Monday, August 13th
sounds of all over
Vijay Iyer (piano), Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone), Aruna Sairam (vocals), Zakir Hussain (tabla), live, Ojai, Calif., 2017 (performance begins at 16:00)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, July 9th
mesmerizing
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001), Andrew Ferdig (marimba), Kevin Keith (vibraphone), Danica Smith (violin), Andy Sproule (bass), James Wehe (piano), live, Denver, 2017
2018
Friday, July 6th
passings
Henry Butler, pianist, singer, September 21, 1948-July 2, 2018
With Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, “Some Iko,” live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans
Eureka Brass Band, late 1950s
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 1959
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Second Liners at Mardi Gras, 1957
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Second Liners, 1961
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Young Tuxedo Bass Band, 1966
2018
Tuesday, July 3rd
violin festival
day two
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Four pieces for violin and piano (1910)
Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973, violin), Roy Bogas (piano), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 