what’s new
Eric Revis (bass) with Darius Jones (alto saxophone), Bill McHenry (tenor saxophone), Kris Davis (piano), Chad Taylor (drums), Justin Faulkner (drums), “Baby Renfro” (E. Revis), from Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (9/11/20), 8/13/20
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what’s new
Trio Plex (Michael TA Thompson, drums; Cooper-Moore, piano; Ken Filiano, bass), live (studio), New York, 9/3/20
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serendipity
This morning I stumbled upon this after encountering the phrase “the crowded air” in an Emily Dickinson poem (229 [Franklin], “Musicians wrestle everywhere –”) and googling it. The moment it ended, I wanted to hear it again.
Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), The Crowded Air (1988); Boston Modern Orchestra Project, 2013
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alone
Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “I’m A Rollin’, I’m A Rollin’ (Everybody’s A Rollin’ Stone),” 1961, New York (Alan Lomax’s apartment)
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reading table
to become a dewdrop
I bow
in prayer . . .—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
soundtrack to a dream I’d love to have
Jon Hassell (1937-, trumpet), “Sketches of the Mediterranean” (with Paolo Fresu, trumpet, flugelhorn; Rick Cox, guitar; Kheir-Eddine M’Kachiche, violin; Peter Freeman, bass), live, France (Junas), 2013
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likes what it likes . . .
evening dew—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
two takes
“Alone Again Or” (B. MacLean)
Arthur Lee (1945-2006) & Love, live (TV show), London, 2003
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Love, Forever Changes (1967)
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never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in B major (Op. 62, No. 1); Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live, Warsaw, 2010
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Peter Shin (1991-), Dogwhistling (2019); Alarm Will Sound (with recording: “This Little Light of Mine,” near Huntsville, Tx., 1939 [John Lomax, et al.]), live, Columbia, Mo., 2019 (published 9/1/20)
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timeless
Charlie Parker Quintet (CP, 1920-1955, alto saxophone; Miles Davis, 1926-1991, trumpet; Al Haig, 1922-1982, piano; Tommy Potter, 1918-1988, bass; Max Roach, 1924-2007, drums) with Symphony Sid Torin (1909-1984, announcer), live (“Groovin’ High,” D. Gillespie, F. Paparelli; “Big Foot,” C. Parker; “Ornithology,” C. Parker, B. Harris; “Slow Boat to China,” F. Loesser), New York (Royal Roost), 12/11/48
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Why not begin the week with something that’s unlike anything you’ve ever heard before?
Nathalie Joachim (vocals, flute, electronics, compositions, arrangements) and Spektral Quartet, Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), live (with recorded voices), New York (Kaufman Music Center), 2019
Composer/performer Nathalie Joachim and Spektral Quartet perform Joachim’s Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), an evening-length work for voice, flute, string quartet and electronics. A celebration of some of Haiti’s most iconic yet under recognized female artists as well as an exploration of Joachim’s Haitian heritage, Fanm d’Ayiti features original songs incorporating the recorded voices of Joachim’s grandmother and the girls’ choir of her family’s home farming village of Dantan; new arrangements of songs by some of the greatest known female voices in Haitian history; and recorded interviews with these artists about their lives fighting for social justice and uplifting the people of Haiti.
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