Monday, November 16th
Sounds for a strange, scary, sad world.
Georg Friedrich Haas (1953-), String Quartet No. 8 (2014); JACK Quartet
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
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
2015
Thursday, November 12th
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Preludes, Book 1, Nos. 1-7, 9-11; Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano, live
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I am not a complete idiot, but whether from weakness or laziness have no talent for thinking. I know only how to reflect: I am a mirror . . . Logic does not exist for me. I float on the waves of art and life and never really know how to distinguish what belongs to the one or the other or what is common to both. Life unfolds for me like a theatre presenting a sequence of somewhat unreal sentiments; while the things of art are real to me and go straight to my heart.
2015
Wednesday, November 11th
passings
Allen Toussaint, songwriter, arranger, producer, singer, pianist, January 14, 1938-November 10, 2015
“Tipitina and Me,” 2005 (Our New Orleans)
2015
Tuesday, November 10th
One-word review: Wow!
Nicole Mitchell’s Sonic Projections (NM, flute; David Boykin, tenor saxophone; Craig Taborn, piano; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: Sunday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), An Icy Night, New York, 1898 (Alfred Stieglitz and the 19th Century, through 3/27/16)
2015
Monday, November 9th
Need a jolt?
Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board) and Many Arms (Nick Millevoi, guitar; John DeBlase, bass; Ricardo Lagomasino, drums), live, Philadelphia, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2015
Sunday, November 8th
regal, adj. Characteristic of or resembling a monarch; splendid, magnificent, stately; distinguished. E.g., Mahalia Jackson.
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “These Are They,” live (TV show), 1956 (Rejoice and Shout [2010], commentary by Smokey Robinson and Anthony Heilbut)
2015
Saturday, November 7th
sounds of India
If I could sing like this, I’d never close my mouth.
Shankar Mahadevan (vocals) & Zakir Hussain (percussion), live, India, 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
spreading wide my narrow Hands / To gather Paradise –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #466 (Franklin)
