Wednesday, December 16th
sweet soul music
D’Angelo & The Vanguard, “Ain’t That Easy”
Live, Netherlands (Rotterdam), 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Like music, baseball is the universal language.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: R&B
2015
2015
Saturday, December 12th
sounds of Chicago
DJ Heather, live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Interchanged, 1955
2015
Saturday, November 14th
what’s new
Missy Elliott, “WTF (Where They From),” 11/12/15
2015
Wednesday, November 11th
passings
Allen Toussaint, songwriter, arranger, producer, singer, pianist, January 14, 1938-November 10, 2015
“Tipitina and Me,” 2005 (Our New Orleans)
2015
Wednesday, August 19th
sounds of summer
Masters at Work (“Little” Louie Vega, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez), live, Chicago (Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Jackson Park), 7/4/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Chicago, 1963
2015
Friday, July 17th
timeless
Otis Redding (with Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Sam & Dave), live, 1967
2015
Saturday, May 2nd
passings
Ben E. King, singer, songwriter, September 28, 1938-April 30, 2015
“Stand by Me” (B. King, J. Lieber, M. Stoller)
Live (TV show), 2007
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Recording, 1961
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lagniappe
random sights
Oak Park, Ill., 3:40 a.m.
2015
Friday, April 17th
With all he does, this can get lost: on guitar, he’s a killer.
Cee Lo Green, “Crazy,” live (with Prince, guitar), New York, 2011
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Stevie Wonder, “Superstition,” live (with Prince, guitar), Paris, 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
I am alive—I guess—
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #605 (Franklin), first line
2015
Wednesday, April 15th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy (LB, trumpet; Steve Turre, trombone; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Phillip Wilson, drums, et al.), live, Berlin, 1986
2015
Saturday, March 14th
sounds of Detroit
Don Was/Sweet Pea Atkinson, “Slow Down,” recording session, 2007
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lagniappe
art beat: more from the other day at the Art Institute of Chicago
This I never tire of.
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), City Landscape, 1955
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