sounds of New York
David Murray Quartet (DM, 1955-, tenor saxophone; John Hicks, 1941-2006, piano; Fred Hopkins, 1947-1999, bass; Ed Blackwell, 1929-1992, drums), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1986
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There are all kinds of gospel.
Common, William Murphy, Erykah Badu, “God Is Love,” “The Light,” live (TV show), Newark, N.J., 2019
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A tethered horse,
snow
in both stirrups.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1783 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
sounds of Ecuador and all over
Nicola Cruz (DJ), live, Argentina (Iguazú Falls), published 12/12/19
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We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship,
although it meant the end of travel.—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “The Imaginary Iceberg”
only rock ‘n’ roll
Big Thief, “Shoulders,” “Not,” “Masterpiece,” “The Toy,” live (studio), Seattle, 10/26/19
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never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Partita No. 3 in E major; Shunske Sato (violin), live, Netherlands (Haarlem), published 11/28/19
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Listen,
how your heart beats inside me.—Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “Could Have,” translated from Polish by Stanislav Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh
Playing, and talking, Monk.
Jason Moran (piano), Frank Lacy (trombone), Bob Stewart (tuba), Nasheet Waits (drums), et al., live, Washington, D.C., 2015
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two takes
“I Try” (M. Gray, J. Ruzumna, J. Lim, D. Wilder)
J Dilla (1974-2006), remix, 2006
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Macy Gray, 1999
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Threshold
by Rachel Hadas (1948-, Questions in the Vestibule)
The in-between is queasy,
but all is in between.
Midsummer green? Monotonous
when everything is green.
The sea? A glittering question
if everything is sea.
This vestibule? Unsettling.
I teeter first one way
and then the other. In
or out? I am a fool
to be so caught off balance.
All is vestibule.
sounds to get lost in
Jessica Pavone String Ensemble (JP, viola, composition; Joanna Matrey, viola; Erica Dicker, violin; Angela Morris, violin), “Hurtle and Flow,” published 9/4/19
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yesterday morning, I-80 rest stop, Iowa (near Grinnell)
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big rainbig mooncicada in the pine—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
back to church
Christian Home Baptist Church, Lowry, S.C., 2010
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art beat
yesterday, Des Moines (Des Moines Art Center)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Automat, 1927
mesmerizing
If I could move like this, I’d never stand still.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (1976-), live, Stockholm, 2013
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Topography displays no favorites; North’s as near as West.
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “The Map”
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