never enough
Sometimes, as happened yesterday when I stumbled upon this, music increases the amount of available oxygen.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, excerpt (Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major); Christine Schornsheim (harpsichord), published 10/4/22
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We are here to listen.
—W. S. Graham (1918-1986), from “The Greenock Dialogues”
alone (another take)
Lukas Ligeti (1965-), “Thinking Songs” (2015); Ji Hye Jung (marimba), 2019
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
voices I miss (more)
Steve Lacy (1934-2004, soprano saxophone) & Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), “Prospectus” (S. Lacy), live, Paris (?), 2002
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This road—
no one goes down it,
autumn evening.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)
back to church
“We Will Wait ‘Til Jesus Comes,” Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, Thomaston, Georgia, 2011
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
How about a trip to a Mediterranean island?
Black Coffee (DJ), live, Ibiza, 2017
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
like nobody else
Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet, 1941-2010) & His Magic Band, “I’m Gonna Booglarize You, Baby” (D. Van Vliet), live, TV show (Beat-Club), Germany (Bremen), 1972
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random sights
other day, Chicago
voices I miss
Steve Lacy (1934-2004, soprano saxophone), “‘Round Midnight'” (T. Monk), live, Paris (?), c. 1988
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sounds of Japan
Ko Ishikawa (sho), Kohsetsu Imanishi (koto), Peter Evans (trumpet), live, Yugawara, Japan, 2018
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Niger (and all over)
Mdou Moctar, “Chismiten,” live, Port Townsend, Washington, 8/26/22
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophonist, October 13, 1940–September 23, 2022
“Kazuko” (P. Sanders) with Paul Arslanian (harmonium), live, California (Marin Headland), 1982
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“You’ve Got To Have Freedom” (P. Sanders)
Take 1: Live (with William Henderson, piano; James Leary, bass; Kharon Harrison, drums), Los Angeles, 2011
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Take 2: Live (with John Hicks, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums), Los Angeles, 1981
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“The Creator Has a Master Plan” (P. Sanders, L. Thomas) with Leon Thomas (vocals), et al., 1969
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