Saturday, November 24th
more
Makaya McCraven, trailer for new album Universal Beings, 9/9/18
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“Young Genius”
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
Friday, November 23rd
what’s new
Makaya McCraven (drums, compositions), et al., live (studio), 11/19/18
They’re playing tonight in Dublin, tomorrow in London, and Thursday in Chicago (MM’s hometown).
2018
Thursday, November 22nd
Some sounds you listen to; others you inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1981, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Between Categories (1969); Yarn Wire, live, Stony Brook, N.Y., 2017
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Another take.
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
James Webb (1975-), Prayer (through December 31st)
2018
Wednesday, November 21st
timeless
March 3, 1941, New York: Waiting for Benny Goodman to arrive for a recording session, the engineers are checking the equipment, the musicians are warming up, the tape is rolling.
Charlie Christian (1916-1942, guitar) with Cootie Williams (trumpet), Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Artie Bernstein (bass), Dave Tough (drums), “Waiting for Benny,” 1941
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009, MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, 1940s
2018
Tuesday, November 20th
more
Right now his music, which, I realize, may be an acquired taste, is giving me as much pleasure as anything.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Stoff (2015); Ensemble Dal Niente (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Chicago, 2016
2018
Monday, November 19th
The fascinating chill that Music leaves . . .
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 1511 (Franklin)
Enno Poppe (1969-), Filz (2014); Ensemble Resonanz (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 2015
2018
Sunday, November 18th
three takes
“God Has Smiled on Me”
Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), live, Oh Happy Day, 2004
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Lester Bowie (1941-1999, trumpet, MCOTD Hall of Fame), with Amina Claudine Myers (piano, vocals), Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone), Malachi Favors (bass), Phillip Wilson (drums), 1978
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Don Pullen (piano), George Adams (tenor saxophone), live, Italy (Perugia), 1984
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lagniappe
reading table
mountain temple—
deep under snow
a bell—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Saturday, November 17th
more
Anderson .Paak (feat. Kendrick Lamar), “Tints,” 10/28/18 (Oxnard, 11/15/18)
2018
Friday, November 16th
what’s new
Anderson .Paak (feat. Q-Tip), “Cheers” (Oxnard), 11/15/18
2018
Thursday, November 15th
voices I miss
Art Pepper (alto saxophone, 1925-1982) with Hampton Hawes (piano), Charlie Haden (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), “Lost Life” (A. Pepper), Living Legend, 1975
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lagniappe
reading table
. . . that Ethereal Gain
One earns by measuring the Grave –
Then – measuring the Sun –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 288 (Franklin)
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