drum festival
day one
Dafnis Prieto Sextet (DP, drums; Peter Apfelbaum, tenor saxophone; Alex Sipiagin, trumpet; Roman Filiu, alto saxophone; Manuel Valera , piano; Johannes Weidenmueller, bass), “Back and Forth” (D. Prieto), live, East Lansing, Mich., 2017
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Nobody sounds like her—nobody.
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) & the Original Gospel Harmonettes, “99 and a Half Won’t Do” (D.L. Coates), 1956
more
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, live, Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl), 9/25/17 (last show)
sounds of New York
SoundNoise Trio (Fay Victor, voice; Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone, percussion; Reggie Nicholson, drums), live, New York (First St. Green), 9/30/17
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
like nobody else
Ran Blake (1935-), Above the Sadness, trailer
passings
Tom Petty, songwriter, singer, guitarist, bandleader, October 20, 1950-October 2, 2017
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (featuring Stevie Nicks), “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (T. Petty, M. Campbell), 1981
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Johnny Cash (with Tom Petty, vocals, organ), “I Won’t Back Down” (T. Petty, J. Lynne), 2000
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (T. Petty), live, 2006
Skip James (1902-1969), “Devil Got My Woman,” 1931
Sometimes I think this song defines the limits of what is humanly possible. Sometimes I think it exceeds them.
—Michael Robbins, Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music (2017)
more
Theotis Taylor, “Somebody’s Gone,” 1976
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Talking, Fitzgerald, Ga., 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Lonnie Holley (1950-), After the Revival (Vox Humana III: The Strength of Music Lives After the Instruments Are Destroyed), 2017
astringent, adj. sharp and penetrating. E.g., the playing of Ran Blake and Steve Lacy.
Ran Blake (piano) & Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone), “The Man I Love” (G. Gershwin), 1991 (That Certain Feeling)
