Sunday, January 8th
testify!
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Holiness Is What I Long For,” live, Louisville, Ky., 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2023
Saturday, January 7th
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Thursday, January 5th
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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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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Taking a break—back in a bit.
2023
Wednesday, January 4th
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Tuesday, January 3rd
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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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Monday, January 2nd
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Sunday, January 1st
back to church
Center Baptist Church, Gastonia, N. C., 1988: “When I Make It to the City”
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Painting with a Green Center (1913), detail
2022
Saturday, December 31st
like nobody else
What Is Man and What Is Guitar? Keith Rowe (Bob Burnett, Alan F. Jones), 2021
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), The Plough and the Song (1946), detail
2022
Friday, December 30th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Bartees Strange, live (“Boomer,” “Heavy Heart,” “Mulholland Dr.,” “Wretched”), Washington, D.C., 2022
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Thursday, December 29th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, 3rd Movt. (Largo): Christian Tetzlaff (1966-, violin), Berlin, 2013
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lagniappe
reading table
It’s good now and then
to go out snow-viewing
until I tumble—Matsuo Basho (1644-94), from “The Knapsack Notebook” (translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill)
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