music clip of the day

Thursday, August 27th

tonight in Chicago

These folks will be at Constellation.

Tomeka Reid (cello) with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jason Roebke (bass), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Glass Light,” live, Chicago, 2014

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And these guys will be Elastic.

Dave Rempis (saxophone), Joshua Abrams (bass), Avreeayl Ra (drums), live, Chicago, 2013

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lagniappe

radio

Celebrating the birthdays of saxophonists Lester Young (August 27, 1909) and Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920), WKCR-FM (Columbia University) is featuring their music all day today (Young), all day tomorrow (Young and Parker), all day Saturday (Parker), and into Sunday morning (Parker).

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Wednesday, August 26th

Ligeti fest
day three

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Requiem: Kyrie; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.), live

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Tuesday, August 25th

Ligeti fest
day two

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Cello Concerto; Ensemble C Barré (Sebastien Boin, cond.) with Alexis Descharmes (cello), live, France (Marseille), 2013

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Monday, August 24th

Ligeti fest
day one

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Piano Etude No. 13, “L’escalier du diable” (“The Devil’s Staircase”); Claudio Martinez Mehner, live, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 2012

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random sights

last night, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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Sunday, August 23rd

She sounded so good last week—let’s hear some more.

Jessie Mae Renfro, “He’s So Wonderful,” live (TV Gospel Time), 1960s

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art beat: more from Thursday at the Chicago Cultural Center

Archibald Motley (1891-1981), Gettin’ Religion, 1948

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Saturday, August 22nd

sounds of Iceland

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aura
NorthArc Percussion Group, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2012

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reading table

Even the crow
has a grove
to grow old in

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue

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Friday, August 21st

like nobody else

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977), live, Paris, 1970

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art beat: yesterday at the Chicago Cultural Center

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist (through 8/31)

Black Belt, 1934

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2015

Thursday, August 20th

sounds of summer

Paul McCartney with Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), “Get Back,” live, Chicago (Lollapalooza), 7/31/15

Fifty years ago today the Beatles played Chicago’s Comiskey Park. I was there, with my brother Don. It was a show kids could go to: ticket prices ranged from $5.50 to $2.50.