Thursday, April 8th
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Amalgamation Choir, live, Cyprus, published 2016
“Tis Trihas to Gefyri (Pontos)”
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“Nanourisma (Kato Italia)”
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Wednesday, April 7th
sounds of New York
Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation (ME, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, compositions; John Hébert, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums), live, New York, 2019
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Tuesday, April 6th
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Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon [violin], Maeve Feinberg [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]): Joseph Haydn, The Seven Last Words of Christ, recorded in Chicago (St. James Cathedral), 3/20/21 (performance begins at 4:00)
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Monday, April 5th
sounds of Cyprus
Why not start the week with something different?
Amalgamation Choir, “Ksenitia tou Erota (Giorgos Kalogirou),” live, Cyprus, published 2016
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reading table
A lightning flash—
the sound of water drops
falling through bamboo—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2021
Sunday, April 4th
sounds of Chicago
Pilgrim Jubilees (aka Pilgrim Jubilee Singers), “All the Way,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1966
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Saturday, April 3rd
never enough
Guitarist Pete Cosey? Miles gave him a lot of space, as he had pianist Bill Evans. And just as the Miles of Kind of Blue is unimaginable without Evans, so too with Cosey here.
Miles Davis Septet (MD [trumpet, organ, compositions], Dave Liebman [soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute], Pete Cosey [guitar, percussion], Reggie Lucas [guitar], Michael Henderson [bass], Al Foster [drums], Mtume [aka James Foreman, James Mtume; conga, percussion]), live, Stockholm, 1973
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Friday, April 2nd
what’s new
Bill Callahan, “Cowboy” (B. Callahan), video published 3/29/21
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Thursday, April 1st
sounds of Chicago
Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon [violin], Maeve Feinberg [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]), live, Chicago (University of Chicago), 2018: Béla Bartók (1881-1945), String Quartet No. 1 in A minor (1909)
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Wednesday, March 31st
voices I miss
Koko Taylor (1928-2009), “I’d Rather Go Blind” (E. Jordan, B. Foster, E. James), 1981
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Tuesday, March 30th
sounds of New York
Strictly Missionary (Chris Pitsiokos, alto saxophone; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Richard Lenz, bass; Kevin Murray, drums; Nick Neuberg, percussion), live, New York (Valentino Pier; Red Hook, Brooklyn), 3/27/21
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