Sunday, September 3rd
old school
Bessemer Sunset Four, “Lord I’m Troubled” (1928-30)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2017
Saturday, September 2nd
more
They’re playing tonight.
BassDrumBone (Mark Helias, bass; Gerry Hemingway, drums; Ray Anderson, trombone), “Kinda Garnerish” (R. Anderson), live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
though a poor-soiled
province . . .
such fireflies—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2017
Friday, September 1st
this weekend in Chicago
They’re playing, tomorrow afternoon, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Mary Halvorson Octet, “Away with You (No. 55),” live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
The rain is less an atmospheric condition at this point than a kind of state of being, like mourning, that can’t be forgotten unless you’re asleep.
—Matt Pearce, “On the road in Texas, where all the roads look like rivers,” Los Angeles Times, 8/29/17
2017
Sunday, August 27th
old school
Indiana Travelers (Jimmy Nunn, lead vocals), “Best Friend,” live
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2017
Saturday, August 26th
what’s new
The Roots and Bilal, “It Ain’t Fair,” live (Tonight Show), 8/7/17
2017
Friday, August 25th
summer in the city
Run the Jewels (with guest), “Legend Has It,” live, Chicago (Lollapalooza), 8/4/17
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lagniappe
random sights: yesterday, Chicago
2017
Thursday, August 24th
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Prelude No. 15 in D flat major (“Raindrop”); Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000), piano
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lagniappe
reading table
dragonfly—
flying two feet,
then two feet more—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2017
Wednesday, August 23rd
like nobody else
Peter Evans (trumpet), “Abyss (for Roscoe Mitchell),” 2016
2017
Tuesday, August 22nd
not for the faint-hearted
Fire! Orchestra, “Enter,” live, Copenhagen, 2014
2017
Monday, August 21st
more
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), In the Light of Air (2013/2014); International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Suppose that, for the rest of your listening life, you had two options. One: You could only listen to things you’d never heard before. Two: You could never listen to anything new. Which would you choose?
