Wednesday, January 31st
(quietly) stunning
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Igor Levit (1987-, piano), 2020
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Igor Levit, playing and talking
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Tuesday, January 9th
like nobody else
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (1923-2023, piano), “The Homeless Wanderer” (T. Guèbrou), from Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo (anthology), 2006
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Friday, December 22nd
like nobody else
Nina Simone (1933-2003), “To Love Somebody” (B. Gibb, R. Gibb), live, France (Antibes), 1969
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Friday, December 15th
timeless
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone: Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), “Bolivar Blues” (T. Monk), live, Japan, 1963, excerpt
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Friday, December 1st
sounds of Amsterdam
Dave Douglas Quintet (Dave Douglas, trumpet, compositions; Jon Irabagon, tenor saxophone; Marta Warelis piano; Nick Dunston, bass; Rudy Royston, drums), live, Amsterdam, 1/19/23
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Thursday, November 9th
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Sanem Kalfa (vocals, cello) and Marta Warelis (piano), live, Amsterdam, 2021
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Tuesday, October 31st
serendipity
Bumped into this last night, happily.
Cor Fuhler (piano), Oren Marshall (tuba), Mats Gustafsson (tenor saxophone), Michael Vatcher (drums), live, Amsterdam, 2010
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Saturday, October 28th
2n
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone, clarinet) and Marta Warelis (piano), live, France (Montreuil), 6/22/23
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Monday, October 23rd
passings
Carla Bley, composer, pianist, arranger, bandleader, May 11, 1936–October 17, 2023
Carla Bley Big Band (CB, piano, compositions), live, Paris, 1988
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Thursday, October 19th
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Shira Legmann (piano), live, Boston, 2011
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