Wednesday, June 14th
like nobody else
Björk, “Notget” (video, 2017; audio [Vulnicura], 2015)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2017
Tuesday, June 13th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
No matter how I’m feeling (down, up, whatever), listening to him leaves me feeling better.
Hamid Drake (drums), live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Chicago (Uptown), 1965
2017
Monday, June 12th
what’s new
Oumou Sangaré, “Kamelemba,” 2017
2017
Sunday, June 11th
timeless
Charley (AKA “Charlie”) Patton (c. 1881-1934), “Some Happy Day,” 1929
SOME HAPPY DAY
Some day, some happy day, from sin set free
I’ll live with Christ for ages, some day, some dayMy trials will fewer be, some day, some day
When I shall have eternal home, some day, some day
Some day I’ll be in the entrance here, some day, some dayAdapted by Patton from “Some Day”, words by J. Graydon Hall, music by H. E. Barnett (Courtesy of YouTube)
2017
Thursday, June 1st
more
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A major; Hagen Quartet with Sabine Meyer (clarinet), live
1st movt.
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2nd movt.
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3rd movt.
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4th movt.
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Mozart was a kind of idol to me—this rapturous singing . . . that’s always on the edge of sadness and melancholy and disappointment and heartbreak, but always ready for an outburst of the most delicious music.
—Saul Bellow (1915-2005)
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2017
Wednesday, May 31st
two takes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000), live
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Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989), live
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Whenever life begins to crush me, I know I can rely on Bandol, garlic, and Mozart.
—Jim Harrison (1937-2016), A Really Big Lunch (2017)
2017
Tuesday, May 30th
more
Anna Clyne (1980-), Within Her Arms (2008-2009)
Metropolis Ensemble (Andrew Cyr, cond.), live, New York, 2010
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langiappe
musical thoughts
Never underestimate the power of music: the right sounds, heard at the right time, can change your life.
2017
Sunday, May 28th
three takes
“Surely I Will,” AKA “I’m Bound for Mt. Zion”
Voices of Faith
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Margaret Allison & The Angelic Gospel Singers, live, Birmingham, Ala., 1997
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Martha Carol Giese, live
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lagniappe
reading table
one breeze
reaches the cellar . . .
summer moon—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2017
Saturday, May 27th
I could listen to these two—he’s long been one of my favorite pianists—all day.
Sara Serpa (1979-, vocal), Ran Blake (1935-, piano), “Night and Day” (C. Porter),
live, New York (Kitano), 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
He thought his head would explode, if the forenoon kept burning into the jungle all around him and the gulls kept screaming and the monkey kept regarding its surroundings carefully, moving its head and black eyes from side to side like someone following the progress of some kind of conversation, some kind of debate, some kind of struggle that the jungle—the morning—the moment—was having with itself.
—Denis Johnson (July 1, 1979-May 24, 2017), Tree of Smoke (National Book Award for Fiction, 2007)
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