music clip of the day

Wednesday, March 2nd

like nobody else

Derek Bailey (1930-2005), guitar, Ballads,* 2002

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art beat

William Klein (1928-), Dance in Brooklyn, 1955

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*Track list (courtesy of YouTube):

1. Laura 0:00
2. What’s New? 2:58
3. When Your Lover Has Gone 4:38
4. Stella by Starlight 7:56
5. My Melancholy Baby 15:17
6. My Buddy 18:31
7. Gone With the Wind 19:42
8. Rockin’ Chair 21:52
9. Body and Soul 23:48
10. Gone With the Wind 29:21
11. Rockin’ Chair 31:50
12: You Go to My Head 33:54
13. Georgia on My Mind 35:42
14. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone 40:40

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2016

Tuesday, March 1st

Another favorite ballad.

“I Thought About You” (J. Van Heusen & J. Mercer), Mal Waldron (piano), Jeanne Lee (vocals), et al., live, France (Marciac), 2000

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Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1945

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2016

Monday, February 29th

timeless

One of my favorite ballads.

“I Can’t Get Started” (V. Duke & I. Gershwin), Art Blakey (drums), John Gilmore (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), John Hicks (piano), Victor Sproles (bass), live (TV show), London, 1964

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reading table

What I try to do is not miss anything.

—Cubs manager Joe Maddon, on his goal at work each day

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2016

Sunday, February 28th

sounds of Chicago

Staple Singers, “More Than a Hammer and Nails,” live (Johnny Cash Show), 1971

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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

—Lao Tzu (c. 5th century B.C.)

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2016

Saturday, February 27th

sounds of Morocco

Mahmoud Guinia (1951-2015), gimbri (aka guembri, sintir), live, Morocco (Marrakesh), 2015

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Four negatives make a positive.

—John Ashbery (1927-), “The Pie District” (excerpt), Breezeway (2015)

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2016

Friday, February 26th

sounds of Ireland

“The Bucks of Oranmore,” “Come West Along the Road,” live, Dublin (The Ferryman Pub), St. Patrick’s Day, 2011

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The narrative got punctured.

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. . . picking up crumbs like there was no tomorrow, which
there isn’t.

—John Ashbery (1927-), “Tall Order” (excerpts), Breezeway (2015)

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2016

Thursday, February 25th

keep on dancing

Ellie Goulding, “High For This” (Kygo [1991-] Remix)

This guy I’d never heard of until bumping into him in the New Yorker (2/29). On YouTube this remix has over 15,000,000 hits. Big fuckin’ world out there.

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2016

Wednesday, February 24th

tonight in (snowy) Chicago

They’ll be playing at Constellation.

Ches Smith (percussion), Mat Maneri (viola), Craig Taborn (piano), “Wacken Open Air,” live, Copenhagen, 1/19/16

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“I Think”

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random thoughts

Looking for pointers on patience? Here’s what MCOTD recommends: a bicycle accident and hip fracture. That will, I guarantee, change your whole outlook—pronto.