Friday, July 4th
Happy 4th of July!
This country has gotten many things wrong—music it got right.
The Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2014
Thursday, July 3rd
alone
Mochizuki Harutaka (alto saxophone), live, Japan (Hamamatsu), 2011
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lagniappe
reading table
Even in Kyoto—
hearing the cuckoo’s cry—
I long for Kyoto.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
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art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago (lunch hour)
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), Three Men Sitting on Steps at the Seine, Paris (1931)
2014
Wednesday, July 2nd
tonight in Chicago
This guy will be playing two sets—one by himself, the other with vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz and drummer Frank Rosaly—at the Hideout.
James Falzone (clarinet), live, New Haven, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago (lunch hour)
Paul Cezanne, The Bay of Marseilles, Seen From L’Estaque, c. 1885
2014
Tuesday, July 1st
sounds of Chile
Ana Tijoux, “Vengo,” live (studio performance), Santa Monica, 2014
Listening to a language I know not at all—pure sound.
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, 1980s
2014
Monday, June 30th
what’s new
A Sunny Day in Glasgow, “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing),” Sea When Absent, 6/14
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lagniappe
art beat
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
2014
Sunday, June 29th
passings
Bobby Womack, singer, songwriter, guitarist, March 4, 1944-June 27, 2014
The Womack Brothers (featuring Bobby, then 17, on lead vocals), “Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray,” 1961
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lagniappe
art beat
William Eggleston (1939-)
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random thoughts
We’re as rich as we are receptive.
2014
Saturday, June 28th
tonight in Chicago
These guys are playing at Constellation, a performing-arts center on the northwest side.
Rempis Percussion Quartet (Dave Rempis, alto saxophone; Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, bass; Frank Rosaly, drums; Tim Daisy, drums), live, Austria (Wels), 2013
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lagniappe
art beat
William Eggleston (1939-)
2014
Friday, June 27th
sweet soul music
Otis Redding (1941-1967), with Booker T. & the M.G.’s* and The Mar-Keys,** “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” (O. Redding & J. Butler), live, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967
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*Booker T. Jones, organ; Steve Cropper, guitar; Donald “Duck” Dunn, bass; Al Jackson, Jr., drums.
**Wayne Jackson, trumpet; Joe Arnold, alto saxophone; Andrew Love, tenor saxophone.
2014
Thursday, June 26th
passings
Horace Silver, pianist, composer, bandleader, September 2, 1928-June 18, 2014
Horace Silver Quintet,* “Song for My Father,” live (TV show), Denmark, 1968
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lagniappe
art beat
William Eggleston (1939-)
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*HS, piano; Bill Hardman, trumpet; Bennie Maupin, tenor saxophone; John Williams, bass; Billy Cobham, drums.
2014
Wednesday, June 25th
tonight in Chicago
These guys are playing at the Hideout, a small club on the northwest side.
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone) & Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), live, Austria (Vienna), 3/8/14
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lagniappe
art beat
William Eggleston (1939-)
