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
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: vibraphone
2018
Thursday, February 22nd
more
Julius Eastman (1940-1990), Stay on It (1973), live, Switchboard Music Festival, San Francisco, 2016*
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lagniappe
random thoughts
The paper clip in my desk drawer will outlive me.
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*Annie Phillips, bass clarinet; Jeff Anderle, clarinet; Aram Shelton, alto saxophone; Alisa Rose, violin; Hannah Addario-Berry, cello; Helen Newby, cello; Dominique Leone, piano; Mark Clifford, vibraphone; Jordan Glenn, drums.
2017
Thursday, June 15th
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton Accelerator Ghost Trance Septet (AB, reeds, composition; Taylor Ho Bynum, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jessica Pavone, viola; Chris Dahlberg, bass, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jay Rozen, tuba; Aaron Siegel, drums, percussion, vibraphone), live, Spain (San Sebastian), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Forest Park)
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random thoughts
Aging criminal-defense lawyer’s retirement plan: drop dead at my desk.
2017
Saturday, March 18th
Steve Reich (1936-), Mallet Quartet (2009), So Percussion
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lagniappe
reading table
At worst, one is in motion; and at best,
Reaching no absolute, in which to rest,
One is always nearer by not keeping still.—Thom Gunn (1929-2004), “On the Move” (fragment)
2017
Monday, January 2nd
joy of serendipity
Empirical, live, London, 2016
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More.
“Card Clash,” live, Southhampton, England, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
hole in the wall
pretty
my year’s first sky—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2016
Saturday, November 5th
This I could listen to all day.
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Rain Tree (1981); Bard Percussion (Amy Garapic, vibraphone; Petra Elek, marimba; Zihan Yi, marimba), live, Annandale-on-Hudson (Bard College), New York, 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
We see with memory. My memory is different from yours, so if we’re both standing in the same place we’re not quite seeing the same thing. Different individuals have different memories, therefore other elements are playing a part. Whether you have been in a place before will affect you, and how well you know it. There’s no objective vision ever—ever.
—David Hockney (1937-), A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (Martin Grayford)
2016
Tuesday, September 13th
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, if sleep leaves and doesn’t return, I’ll put one of these on repeat, softly.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Piano and String Quartet (1985); Aki Takahashi and Kronos Quartet, 1993
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John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001), 2002
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Wednesday, August 17th
passings
Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphonist, January 27, 1941-August 15, 2016
“Herzog” (R. Hutcherson), live, France (Antibes), 1969*
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Speaking in recent years, Mr. Hutcherson was fond of citing a bit of insight from an old friend. “Eric Dolphy said music is like the wind,” he told The San Francisco Chronicle in 2012. “You don’t know where it came from, and you don’t know where it went. You can’t control it. All you can do is get inside the sphere of it and be swept away.”
—New York Times obituary, 8/17/16
radio
WKCR-FM (Columbia University) is featuring his music until 3 p.m. (EST).
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*With Harold Land (tenor saxophone), Stanley Cowell (piano), Reggie Johnson (bass), Joe Chambers (drums).
2016
Wednesday, July 27th
percussion festival
day three
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), “Claviers” (from Pléïades [1978]); Yale Percussion Group, live, 2009
2016
Friday, June 17th
Feel like floating?
Chick Corea (piano) & Gary Burton (vibraphone)
Live, Washington, D.C., 6/13/16
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lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
