Sunday, April 16th
sounds of Chicago
Barrett Sisters, “I’ll Fly Away” (Albert E. Brumley), live, 1990, Chicago (Quinn Chapel)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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random thoughts
Whatever you think life is, it isn’t.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2023
Friday, April 14th
Who says words can’t dance?
Jungle Brothers, live (studio: “Brain,” “Straight Out the Jungle,” “Beads on a String,” “Jungle Brother”), Seattle, 2/22/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Thursday, April 13th
How about something quiet, delicate, beautiful?
Jürg Frey (1953-), Extended Circular Music No. 8 (2014): Klaus Lang (organ); Ranjevš & Óbasz (Jakub Švejnar, percussion; Štefan Szabó, electric guitar); Prague Quiet Music Collective (Anna Paulová, clarinet, bass clarinet; Milan Jakeš, violin; Luan Gonçalves, bass; Ian Mikyska, string and wind instruments), live, Prague, 2022
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Tuesday, April 11th
never enough
Hearing the right music at the right time can alter the trajectory of your day, as I found, again, yesterday, listening to this.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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Monday, April 10th
sounds of Johannesburg
Kebra Ethiopia Sound System, live, Johannesburg (South Africa), 4/6/23
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, April 9th
sounds of Chicago
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Father, I’m Coming Home,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1968
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other day, Chicago
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Saturday, April 8th
sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar, keyboards, electronics, compositions) with Diego López de Arcaute (drums, percussion), live, Buenos Aires (CCK [Centro Cultural Kirchner]), 2022
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yesterday, Chicago
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Tuesday, April 4th
basement jukebox
Bobby Womack (1944-2014), “Across 110th Street” (B. Womack, J. J. Johnson), 1973
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other day, Chicago
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Monday, April 3rd
sound . . . by . . . sound . . . by . . .
AMM (Eddie Prévost, percussion; Keith Rowe, electric guitar, electronics; John Tilbury, piano), live, Berlin, 2019
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lagniappe
reading table
The old pond—
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
2023
Sunday, April 2nd
back to church
“I Came to Jesus as I Was,” Citywide Hymn Choir of Charlotte, N.C., live, Charlotte (Antioch Baptist Church), published 2021
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