Friday, August 21st
like nobody else
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977), live, Paris, 1970
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Chicago Cultural Center
Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist (through 8/31)
Black Belt, 1934
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Category: piano
2015
2015
Monday, August 17th
another take
These guys I could listen to all day.
Steve Lacy Quartet (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Bobby Few, piano; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Revenue,” live, 1995
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reading table
Escape is such a thankful Word
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1364 (Franklin)
2015
Sunday, August 16th
old school
Who needs a microphone?
Jessie Mae Renfro, “I Must Tell Jesus,” 1953
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2015
Thursday, August 13th
sounds of Argentina
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), live,* Montreal (Montreal Jazz Festival), 1984
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lagniappe
random thoughts
With the way the Cubs are playing, taking twelve of their last thirteen, what could be more beautiful than baseball?
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Here’s something from last night’s game—first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
After conferring, the umpires reversed the call, ruling this an out.
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*AP, bandoneon, compositions; Pablo Ziegler, piano; Fernando Suarez Paz, violin; Oscar Lopez Ruiz, guitar; Hector Console, bass.
Set list:
1.Lunfardo
2.Muerte Del Angel
3.Resurreccion Del Angel
4.Tristeza De Un Doble A
5.Adios Nonino
6.Chin Chin
7.Otono Porteno (from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
2015
Wednesday, August 5th
more
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in B-flat minor (Op. 9, No. 1); Ivan Moravec (1930-2015), piano
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lagniappe
random sights
last night
Columbus Park, Chicago
2015
Tuesday, August 4th
more
I don’t care what you had planned: it can’t compare to this.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), 24 Preludes; Ivan Moravec (1930-2015), piano
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lagniappe
reading table
Why did I / shrink into a story?
—Alice Notley, “Are Loyal” (Poetry, 7-8/15)
2015
Monday, August 3rd
passings
Ivan Moravec, pianist, November 9, 1930-July 27, 2015
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Ballade No. 1 in G minor
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Ever grow weary of the 21st century?
Me, too.
2015
Saturday, August 1st
Even in death he remains a source of rare beauty.
Henry Threadgill (MCOTD Hall of Fame, bass flute) and Jason Moran (piano), “Sail” (H. Threadgill), live, New York (Ornette Coleman Memorial Service), 6/27/15
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lagniappe
reading table
The world she grew up in was so different it was hard to believe she was ever in it.
—Anne Enright, The Green Road (2015)
2015
Sunday, July 19th
Before Jerry Lee, before Little Richard, there was . . .
Arizona Dranes (c. 1891-1963), “I Shall Wear a Crown,” c. 1927
2015
Thursday, July 2nd
string festival
day four
Alfred Schnittke (1934-98), Piano Quintet (1972-76), live (Katya Apekisheva, piano; Boris Brovtsyn, Julia-Maria Kretz, violins; Amihai Grosz, viola; Torleif Thedéen, cello), Netherlands, 2010
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