music clip of the day

jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more

Thursday, 9/27/12

love it or hate it

Bill Orcutt (guitar), Chris Corsano (drums), live, Wind Gap, Pa., 9/3/12

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More?

Wednesday, 9/26/12

street music: Bangalore (India)

Four drummers, 2010

Tuesday, 9/25/12

bloodlines

Ravi Coltrane (JC’s son), tenor saxophone; Matt Garrison, bass (son of Coltrane bassist Jimmy Garrison); Nikki Glaspie, drums; live (Le Poisson Rouge), New York, 1/7/12

Monday, 9/24/12

street music: New Orleans

Brass band, 5/12

Sunday, 9/23/12

Little Richard testifies.

With Jerry Lee Lewis, “I’ll Fly Away,” TV show, 1983

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With The Shirelles, “Joy, Joy, Joy,” TV show (England), 1963

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lagniappe

random thoughts

What do you do when it becomes apparent that the story of your life is being told by an unreliable narrator?

Saturday, 9/22/12

Questlove (:10-) & Tony Allen (1:25-), live, Paris, 2011

What a contrast. Questlove, focusing on power and momentum, pushes the beat. Tony lies behind it, skips ahead, lies back again, favoring suppleness and elasticity.

Friday, 9/21/12

only rock ’n’ roll

Little Richard, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” TV show (Shindig!), 1964

Thursday, 9/20/12

shhhh . . .

Joe McPhee, “Old Eyes” (for Ornette Coleman), live, New York, 2009

Wednesday, 9/19/12

street music: New York

Acapella Soul

“When We Get Married,” 2009

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“Ooo Baby Baby,” 2012

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“Just My Imagination,” 2011

Tuesday, 9/18/12

Kaija Saariaho, Fall (1991, from the ballet Maa); Nuiko Wadden (harp), Ryan Streber (electronics); Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Mass.), 2010

One of the joys of having grown children is going out with them to hear live music, as I did the other night, meeting my older son Alex after work at a Chicago art gallery (Corbett vs. Dempsey) for a solo performance by this harpist.