Wednesday, August 26th
Ligeti fest
day three
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Requiem: Kyrie; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.), live
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2015
2015
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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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2015
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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lagniappe
art beat: more from Thursday at the Chicago Cultural Center
Archibald Motley (1891-1981), Gettin’ Religion, 1948
2015
Saturday, August 22nd
sounds of Iceland
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aura
NorthArc Percussion Group, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
Even the crow
has a grove
to grow old in—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2015
Friday, August 21st
like nobody else
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977), live, Paris, 1970
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Chicago Cultural Center
Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist (through 8/31)
Black Belt, 1934
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.
2015
Wednesday, August 19th
sounds of summer
Masters at Work (“Little” Louie Vega, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez), live, Chicago (Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Jackson Park), 7/4/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Chicago, 1963
2015
Tuesday, August 18th
sounds of summer
Paul Kalkbrenner, live, Belgium (Tomorrowland), 7/26/15
2015
Monday, August 17th
another take
These guys I could listen to all day.
Steve Lacy Quartet (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Bobby Few, piano; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Revenue,” live, 1995
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lagniappe
reading table
Escape is such a thankful Word
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1364 (Franklin)
