Sunday, November 22nd
old school
Jackson Southernaires, “Walk Around Heaven,” live, Jackson, Miss., 1990s
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill. (son’s dog, Roscoe)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2015
2015
Saturday, November 21st
sounds of Mali and France
Amadou & Mariam with guest Bertrand Cantat, live, France (near Belfort), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
We dream – it is good we are dreaming –
It would hurt us – were we awake –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #584 (Franklin), excerpt
2015
Thursday, November 19th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin; Johnny Gandelsman, live, East Lansing, Michigan, 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Dance?
Sing?
Why not both?
2015
Wednesday, November 18th
More from the composer we heard Monday.
Georg Friedrich Haas (1953-), I Can’t Breathe (In Memoriam Eric Garner) (2014); Marco Blaauw (trumpet), live, Germany (Cologne), 2015
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), Two Towers (New York), 1907 (Alfred Stieglitz and the 19th Century, through 3/27/16)
2015
Tuesday, November 17th
Where would we be without the tenor saxophone?
David S. Ware Quartet (DSW [1949-2012], tenor saxophone; Matthew Shipp, piano; William Parker, bass; Guillermo Brown, drums), live
2015
Monday, November 16th
Sounds for a strange, scary, sad world.
Georg Friedrich Haas (1953-), String Quartet No. 8 (2014); JACK Quartet
2015
Sunday, November 15th
More Mahalia.
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “I’ve Been ‘Buked and I’ve Been Scorned,” live, Washington, D.C., 1963 (March on Washington)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), The Steerage, 1907 (Alfred Stieglitz and the 19th Century, through 3/27/16)
2015
Saturday, November 14th
what’s new
Missy Elliott, “WTF (Where They From),” 11/12/15
2015
Friday, November 13th
Nothing hits harder than vulnerability.
Frazey Ford, “You’re Not Free,” “September Fields,” “Three Golden Trees,” “Done,” live (studio performance), Seattle, 2014
