Thursday, December 13th
what’s new
Madlib Meets Ethiopian Legend Ayaléw Mesfin, 11/29/18
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
Wednesday, December 12th
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Heaven: hearing, together, a favorite drummer and a favorite bassist.
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Malachi Favors (bass, 1927-2004) and Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone, 1931-2006), “Paris? Oui” (Tarik), 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, December 11th
voices I miss
This drummer never fails to lift my spirits.
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Mal Waldron (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Woody Shaw (flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (bass), “The Git Go” (M. Waldron), live, New York (Village Vanguard), 1985
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2018
Monday, December 10th
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Brian Eno (1948-), “An Ending (Ascent)”, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno), 1983 (remastered 2005)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, December 9th
can’t wait
Amazing Grace (Sydney Pollack, director; filmed, 1972; scheduled theatrical release, 2019), trailer
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lagniappe
reading table
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Letter to Cousins Louisa (aka Louise) and Frances Norcross, 1876
2018
Saturday, December 8th
tomorrow in Chicago
They’re performing at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel.
The Tallis Scholars, live, France (Mont Saint-Michel), 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, December 7th
This is Jimmy’s brother.
Syl Johnson, “Take Me to the River” (A. Green, M. Hodges), 1974
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Another take.
Live (with Howard Grimes [drums], Leroy Hodges [bass], et al.), Memphis
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, December 6th
Every now and then I hear something and wonder: Where has this been all my life?
Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893-1979), 24 Preludes in quarter-tone system (excerpts), 1934/1970
2018
Wednesday, December 5th
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Brian Eno, Ambient Music 1: Music for Airports, 1978
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lagniappe
reading table
All night long
the windswept clouds
plovers calling under the moon—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
2018
Tuesday, December 4th
timeless
This guy, whom I worked with in the 1970s, co-producing this track and a few others for Alligator Records (Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1), just turned ninety. One of my sons, now older than I was then, heard him the other night at a Chicago club, where, he said, his guitar playing was “robust.” How wonderful to be ninety years old and robust. How wonderful, too, to be able to share music with a son.
“Breaking up Somebody’s Home” (T. Matthews, A. Jackson), 1978
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Here he is forty years later.
“People Get Ready” (C. Mayfield), “That’s All Right,” Chicago, 2018
