Tuesday, August 15th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Klavierstücke (piano pieces); Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/13/23
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Monday, August 14th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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Saturday, July 22nd
passings
Tony Bennett, singer, August 3, 1926–July 21, 2023
With Bill Evans (1929–1980, piano), “Lucky to Be Me,” “My Foolish Heart,” “When in Rome,” “We’ll Catch up Some Other Time,” “A Child Is Born,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Together Again,” 1976
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Wednesday, July 19th
sounds of New York
Bumped into this last night: enthralled from the first note.
Cory Smythe (1977-, piano) & eddy kwon (1989-, violin), live, New York (Target Margin, Brooklyn), 12/9/22
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Monday, July 17th
Why not begin the week with something quiet, delicate, spacious?
Magnus Granberg (1974-), “Holde Träume, Kehret Wieder!” (Sweet Dreams, Come Back!): Nattens Inbrott quartet (MG, piano, et al.), live, Stockholm, 2021
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Sunday, July 16th
timeless
Arizona Dranes (1889 or 1891-1963, vocals, piano), “Lamb’s Blood Has Washed Me Clean,” rec. 1926 (Chicago)
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Saturday, July 8th
sounds of all over
Omar Sosa (piano, vocals), Seckou Keita (kora, vocals), Gustavo Ovalles (percussion, vocals), live, Washington, D.C., published 7/5/23
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Tuesday, July 4th
timeless
Horace Silver Quintet (HS [1928-2014], piano; Bill Hardman [1933-1990], trumpet; Bennie Maupin [1940-], tenor saxophone; Johnny Williams [1908-1998], bass; Billy Cobham [1944-], drums), “Song for My Father” (H. Silver), live, Copenhagen, 1968
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Saturday, July 1st
This recording, the moment it ends, I want to hear it again.
Alfred Brendel (1931-, piano), 1984: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Adagio in F, H.XVII No. 9
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Tuesday, June 27th
alone
Ran Blake (1935-, piano), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (H. Arlen, Y. Harburg), live, yesterday
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