Friday, September 9th
summer in the city
Future, live, Chicago, 7/29/16
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2016
2016
Thursday, September 8th
two takes
“Death Letter” (aka “Death Letter Blues”) (S. House)
Cassandra Wilson, live, Spain (Vitoria-Gasteiz), 2005
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Son House (1902-1988), live (TV show)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, New York (Harlem)
2016
Wednesday, September 7th
energy + density + clarity = ?
Mary Halvorson (guitar), Weasel Walter (drums), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
2016
Tuesday, September 6th
This I could listen to all day.
John Cage (1912-1992), Dream (1948)
Anton Batagov (1965-, piano), live, Moscow, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art (New York)
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Pines and Rocks, c. 1897
2016
Monday, September 5th
Why not start the week with something slow, spare, spacious?
Ann Southam (1937-2010), Simple Lines of Enquiry (2008); R. Andrew Lee (piano), live, Kansas City, Mo., 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
2016
Sunday, September 4th
back to church
Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “That Morning Train”
Live, Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
2016
Saturday, September 3rd
Strange to live in such a strange world.
Rebecca Saunders (music), Sasha Waltz (choreography), insideout (2003)
2016
Friday, September 2nd
sounds of Seattle
Shabazz Palaces, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2014
2016
Thursday, September 1st
more
Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, voice), William Parker (bass, doson gouni, shakuhachi), Hamid Drake (drums, voice), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Three bowls of stew
and you feel
rich after all—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento
2016
Wednesday, August 31st
more
Michel Portal (clarinets, accordion), Hamid Drake (drums), live, France (Le Mans), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
Skylark
sings all day,
and day not long enough.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
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