Tuesday, December 19th
One-word review: Wow!
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Lachrymae (1950); Yuri Bashmet (viola), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), live
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2017
Monday, December 18th
passings
Sunny Murray, drummer, September 21, 1936-December 7, 2017
Sunny Murray Trio (SM, drums; Tony Bevan, saxophones; John Edwards, bass), live, London, 2010
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langiappe
musical thoughts
I wanted to get more from the beat than just the beat.
2017
Sunday, December 17th
Need a lift?
Nazareth Missionary Baptist Church Hymn Choir (Rock Hill, S.C.), “I Got Shoes,” live, McConnells, S.C. (Mt. Do-Well Missionary Baptist Church), 2001
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lagniappe
art beat
Joe Minter (1943-), Birmingham, Ala.
2017
Saturday, December 16th
3n
Hear In Now (Mazz Swift, violin; Tomeka Reid, cello; Silvia Bolognesi, bass), “Requiem for Charlie Haden” (S. Bolognesi), live, Italy (Basilica di San Silvestro, Trieste), 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Which is more important: what we listen to—or how?
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2017
Wednesday, December 13th
more
Joe Morris (guitar) and Daniel Levin (cello), live, New York, 12/8/17
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2017
Tuesday, December 12th
sounds of New York
Daniel Levin (cello) and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), live, New York, 2015
2017
Monday, December 11th
more
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986), sitar (with Zakir Hussain [1951-; tabla], et al.), Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu, live, San Francisco, 1985
2017
Sunday, December 10th
more
The Pure Heart Travelers, “I Like to Talk About Jesus,” live, Detroit, 7/12/17
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lagniappe
reading table: variations on a theme
History is approaching a speechless end,
As Henry Adams said. Adams was right.—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “The Moon and the Night and the Men,” excerpt
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Never has human extinction seemed so richly merited . . .
—A.O. Scott, New York Times, 12/10/17
2017
Saturday, December 9th
sounds of India
That Which Colors the Mind (documentary on sitarist Nikhil Banerjee, 1931-1986; work in progress), excerpt
2017
Friday, December 8th
more
Moses Sumney, live, Washington, D.C., 11/29/17
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lagniappe
reading table
Nature is a Haunted House – but Art – a House that tries to be haunted.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), letter (459A, Thomas H. Johnson, ed.)
