Thursday, February 3rd
alone
Miranda Cuckson (violin), live, New York, 11/30/21: Elliot Carter (1908-2012), Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: violin
2022
Friday, January 28th
what’s new
Jake Xerxes Fussell (vocals, guitar) with Libby Rodenbough (violin, harmonium, vocals) and Casey Toll (bass), live (“The River St. Johns,” “Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing on a Sweet Potato Vine?”, “Breast of Glass”), Pittsboro, North Carolina, published 1/25/22
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, January 18th
more
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto in A-minor (BWV 1041); Frankfurt Radio Symphony (Philippe Herreweghe, cond.) with Vilde Frang (violin), live, Frankfurt (Germany), 12/3/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, January 17th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 3 for Violin in E major; Hilary Hahn (violin), live, published 1/4/22
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, January 3rd
alone
György Kurtág (1926-), from Signs, Games and Messages; Ensemble Musikfabrik (Hannah Weirich, violin), live, Cologne (Germany), 2020
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
**********
reading table
Another year gone—
hat in my hand,
sandals on my feet.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass
2021
Tuesday, December 28th
like nothing else
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin) and Abdul Wadud (1947-, cello), live (“Straight Ahead,” “Free at Last”), Italy (Cremona), 1979
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Tuesday, December 14th
timeless
John Cage (1912-1992), Six Melodies (1950); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Hannah Weirich, violin; Ulrich Löffler, piano), live, Cologne (Germany), 2020
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Saturday, December 11th
alone
Miranda Cuckson (violin), live, New York, 11/30/21
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), Mikka S
**********
lagniappe
reading table
First rain of winter
today’s a day
people get older—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
2021
Wednesday, November 24th
more
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin) with Cecil Taylor Unit (CT, 1929-2018, piano, compositions; LJ, violin; John Carter, clarinet; Roberto Miranda, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums), live, Austria (Nickelsdorf), 1987
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, November 23rd
timeless
Rashied Ali (1933-2009, drums), Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, compositions), Swift Are the Winds of Life (“Past,” “It’s for You,” “Stomp,” “Swift Are the Winds of Life”), 1975
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 