Thursday, June 27th
what’s new
Emilie Lesbros (voice), Mat Maneri (viola), Hank Roberts (cello), Barre Phillips (bass), live, New York, 5/25/19
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2019
Wednesday, June 26th
basement jukebox
Junior Wells (1934-1998), “Little by Little” (M. London), 1960
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Tuesday, June 25th
floating down the river
Wadada Leo Smith, “Emmett Till: Defiant, Fearless” (W.L. Smith), live, Glendora, Miss., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Monday, June 24th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938-, bansuri [bamboo flute]), et al., Raga Durga, live
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Sunday, June 23rd
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilee Singers (aka Pilgrim Jubilees), “Testify” (feat. Cleve Graham), “Old Ship of Zion” (feat. Clay Graham), live, TV Show (Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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a walk, a voice, a poem
“The Door” by Miroslav Holub (1923-1998), translated from Czech by Ian Milner
2019
Saturday, June 22nd
serendipity
This I bumped into last night. One-word review: Wow!
Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012), . . . towards a pure land (2005); Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (direction), live, Paris, 2016
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reading table
The Earth has many keys –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 895, draft (Franklin)
2019
Friday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Junior Wells (1934-1998), “I Could Cry” (J. Wells), 1957
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago (Millennium Park)
2019
Thursday, June 20th
more
Tonight he’ll be playing this piece, along with Bach’s five other cello suites, in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 1 in G major; Yo-Yo Ma, live, London, 2015
2019
Wednesday, June 19th
what’s new
Rosanne Cash and Ry Cooder (with John Leventhal [guitar], Joachim Cooder [drums], et al.), live, last night, Chicago (Chicago Theatre)
“Long Black Veil” (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin)
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“Ring of Fire” (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore)
2019
Tuesday, June 18th
like-nobody-else x 2
Cecil Taylor Trio (CT, 1929-2018, piano; Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone; Sunny Murray, drums) with Albert Ayler (1936-1970, tenor saxophone), “Four,” excerpt (C. Taylor), live, Copenhagen, 1962
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lagniappe
reading table
A Bomb upon the Ceiling
Is an improving thing –
It keeps the nerves progressive
Conjecture flourishing –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 1150 (Franklin)
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