never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor; Hidemi Suzuki (cello), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2017
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radio
Speaking of “never enough,” the annual Bach Festival on WKCR-FM (Columbia University)—one of my favorite musical events of the year—runs through midnight New Year’s Eve.
sounds of Christmas
Bessie Smith (1894-1937) with Joe Smith (cornet), Charlie Green (trombone), Fletcher Henderson (piano), “At the Christmas Ball,” 1925
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Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929), “Christmas Eve Blues,” 1928
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Victoria Spivey (1906-1976) with Lonnie Johnson (guitar), “Christmas Morning Blues,” 1928
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Leroy Carr (1905-1935), “Christmas in Jail—Ain’t That a Pain,” 1929
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Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948), “Christmas Morning Blues,” 1938
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Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with Charles Brown (1922-1999, vocals, keyboards), “Merry Christmas, Baby,” 1947
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(1921-1999), “Lonesome Christmas (I & II),” 1950
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Sonny Boy Williamson II (AKA Alex or Aleck Miller, 1912-1965), “Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues,” 1951
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John Lee Hooker (1917-2001), “Blues for Christmas,” 1959
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
testify!
Land Boys, “Heaven Is My Goal,” live, Millry, Alabama, 2017
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random sights
last night, Chicago
like nobody else
Nina Simone (1933-2003), “To Love Somebody” (B. Gibb, R. Gibb), live, France (Antibes), 1969
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Adam Rudolph (percussion), Tyshawn Sorey (percussion), live, New York, 2021
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other day, Chicago
sounds of New Orleans
Wish my living room sounded like this.
Crown Seekers, “That’s Heaven to Me” (S. Cooke), live (rehearsal), New Orleans, 2010
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other day, Chicago
timeless
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone: Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), “Bolivar Blues” (T. Monk), live, Japan, 1963, excerpt
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sounds of New York
Marty Erlich: Dark Woods/Bright Sparks (Marty Ehrlich [1955-], woodwinds, compositions; Ron Horton, trumpet; Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon; Erik Friedlander, cello; Matt Pavolka, bass; Satoshi Takahashi, percussion; Erica Hunt, words), live, New York, 12/10/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Even now there are places where a thought might grow—
—Derek Mahon (1941-2020), from “A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford”
timeless
Billie Holiday (1915-1959), live (“I Cover the Waterfront,” “Too Marvelous for Words,” “I Love You, Porgy,” “Them There Eyes,” “Willow Weep for Me,” “I Only Have Eyes for You,” “You Go to My Head”), live, Boston, 1953
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sounds of Memphis
Lula Collins, “Jesus, You’ve Been Good,” Memphis, 1970s
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random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago
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