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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Musical Offering: Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall, cond.), published 2018
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reading table
Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful / thing in the world
—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “Route”
sounds of Chicago
Hamid Drake (drums and percussion [MCOTD Hall of Fame]) & Michael Zerang (drums and percussion), et al., live, Chicago (Constellation), 12/21/22 (1st set, 23:40-: Michael Zerang, The Velvet Bell [solo] + Velvet Bell Ensemble; 2nd Set, 1:42:40-: Hamid Drake’s Indigenous Mind)
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sounds of New York
Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Immanuel Wilkins, alto saxophone; Rashaan Carter, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums), live, New York, 12/9/20
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musical thoughts
Musicians make art out of air.
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
What better way to begin the week?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fifteen Three-Part Inventions: Boris Giltburg (1984-, piano), 2020
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art beat: yesterday, Smart Museum (University of Chicago)
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto Spaziale, Attese (Spatial Concept, Expectations [1960]), detail
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Holiness Is What I Long For,” live, Louisville, Ky., 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
This I could listen to all day, happily.
Augusta Read Thomas (1964-), Dance Mobile (in memoriam Oliver Knussen), 2021: Grossman Ensemble (with guest artists; Stefan Asbury, cond.), live, Chicago (University of Chicago), 2022
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like nothing else
Daniel Bachman (1989-, guitar, banjo, video production), Almanac Behind, posted 12/15/22 (audio from the album [11/18/22])
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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Taking a break—back in a bit.
sounds of New York
Mark Turner Quartet (MT, tenor saxophone; David Virelles, piano; Ben Street, bass; Paul Motian, drums), live (“Crepuscule With Nellie” [T. Monk], “Dance of the Infidels'” [B. Powell], “Conception Vessel” [P. Motian], “Song for Balkis” [B. Hart], “Sonnet for Stevie” [M. Turner], “Mumbo Jumbo” [P. Motian]), New York (Village Vanguard), 2011
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sounds of Chicago
Little Walter (aka Marion Walter Jacobs, 1930-1968, harmonica), “Juke” (M. Jacobs), 1952 (Billboard R&B chart, #1 [8 weeks])
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sounds of Chicago
This track, as I recall, was something of an afterthought, recorded late that night, as the session was winding down, the lights lowered.
Carey Bell (1936-2007, vocals, harmonica), “Woman in Trouble” (C. Bell), Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1, 1978
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