Wednesday, January 3rd
sounds of Canada
Lydia Ainsworth, “White Shadows,” 2014 (track)–2015 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Garfield Park Conservatory)
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
Tuesday, January 2nd
what’s new
Like her or not, you’ve got to give her this: she’s unafraid to go her own way.
Björk, “Arisen My Senses,” 12/20/17 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Berkeley, Calif.
2018
Monday, January 1st
Feel like getting lost?
Navpične misli (Vertical Thoughts), Karmina Šilec (original idea and music direction), !KEBATAOLA! (performers), Morton Feldman (music: Three Voices, excerpts; MCOTD Hall of Fame), 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
New Year’s morning—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2017
Sunday, December 31st
back to church
Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “That Morning Train”
Live, Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Berkeley, Calif.
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2017
Saturday, December 30th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations; Evgeni Koroliov, piano
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lagniappe
radio
WKCR’s (Columbia University) Bach Festival continues through midnight tomorrow.
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random sights
other day, Sonoma, Calif.
2017
Friday, December 29th
love it or hate it
Brian Ferneyhough (1943-), String Quartet No. 6 (2010); Arditti Quartet, live, 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, San Francisco (Lands End)
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2017
Thursday, December 28th
more
Steve Lacy Quartet (SL, soprano saxophone; Bobby Few, piano; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Revenue” (S. Lacy), live , 1995
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, San Francisco (Balmy Alley, Valencia St., City Lights Bookstore)
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2017
Wednesday, December 27th
voices I miss
Steve Lacy (1934-2004), “Blues for Aida,” live, France (Avignon), 1982
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Berkeley, Calif.
2017
Tuesday, December 26th
tonight in the Bay Area
They’ll be playing in Albany (Ivy Room), and I’ll be listening.
Peter Apfelbaum & Sparkler
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, flying from Chicago to Oakland
2017
Monday, December 25th
Merry Christmas
Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Christmas Eve Blues,” 1928
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Victoria Spivey (with Lonnie Johnson, guitar), “Christmas Morning Blues,” 1928
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Bessie Smith (with Joe Smith, cornet; Charlie Green, trombone; Fletcher Henderson, piano), “At the Christmas Ball,” 1925
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Leroy Carr, “Christmas In Jail—Ain’t That A Pain,” 1929
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Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (feat. Charles Brown, vocals, keyboards), “Merry Christmas, Baby,” 1947
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Lowell Fulson, “Lonesome Christmas (I & II),” 1950
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Sonny Boy Williamson II, “Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues,” 1951
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John Lee Hooker, “Blues For Christmas,” 1959
