sounds of New York
Nate Wooley Quartet (NW, trumpet, compositions; Chris Pitsiokos, alto saxophone; Brandon Lopez, bass; Dre Hocevar, drums), live, New York, 10/6/16
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Seen in plain daylight
the firefly’s nothing but
an insect—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
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Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994), Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings (1972); Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra (Witold Lutoslawski, cond.), live, Warsaw, 1973
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art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), New York (Lower Manhattan), late 1960s
wake up!
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994), Partita for violin and piano (1984); Michael Foyle (violin) & Maksim Štšura (piano), live, London, 2015
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Danny Lyon (1942-), New York (Lower Manhattan), late 1960s
old school
Concert Supremes (Louisiana), “It’s Alright,” live
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Jürg Frey (1953-), 60 Pieces of Sound (2009); a.pe.ri.od.ic, live, Chicago, 2013
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a solitary
crow on a bare branch—
autumn evening—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
Bob Dylan, “High Water (For Charley Patton)” (B. Dylan)
Live, Irvine, Calif., 2013
No matter how often he changes styles, he keeps coming back to the blues.
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baseball
Javy Baez (Chicago Cubs infielder), defensive highlights
voices I miss
Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “Footprints” (W. Shorter), live, Minneapolis, 1996 (Live at the Dakota);* Dead of Summer (Jean Seberg), 1970
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Autumn weighs upon me
but tomorrow will come
and I will miss tonight—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento
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*With Bobby Peterson, piano; Terry Burns, bass; Phil Hey, drums.
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Jürg Frey (1953-), Memory of Perfection (2010); Mira Benjamin (violin), live, London, 2013
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autumn wind
through an open door—
a piercing cry—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by David Landis Barnhill
sounds of Mali
Toumani Diabate (kora), live, Switzerland (Geneva), 2013
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like clouds drifting apart,
a wild goose separates, for now,
from his friend—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by David Landis Barnhill
Sometimes no word seems more beautiful—quiet.
Jürg Frey (1953-), Paysage pour Gustave Roud; Jürg Frey (clarinet), Dante Boon (piano), Stefan Thut (cello), live, 2011
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In the middle of the road there was a stone
there was a stone in the middle of the road
there was a stone
in the middle of the road there was a stone.Never should I forget this event
in the life of my fatigued retinas.
Never should I forget that in the middle of the road
there was a stone
there was a stone in the middle of the road
in the middle of the road there was a stone.—Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987), “In the Middle of the Road,” translated from Portuguese by Elizabeth Bishop
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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