Tuesday, February 22nd
basement jukebox
Nina Simone (1933-2003), “Come On Back, Jack,” 1961
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2022
Monday, February 21st
timeless
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Rothko Chapel (1971); Nikola Kachanov Singers and Russian Chamber Singers of New York (Nikolai Kachanov, direction) with Jessica Meyer (viola), Zen Wu (soprano), Issei Herr (cello), Jeffrey Irving (percussion), Roberta Michel (flute), Mikhail Zeiger (celesta), live, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, 6/2/19
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Mark Rothko (1903-1970), detail from Untitled (Purple, White, and Red), 1953
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Sunday, February 20th
back to church
“Gonna Die in the Field of Battle,” live, Boyd Hill Baptist Church, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Saturday, February 19th
basement jukebox
Roy Montrell (1928-1979), “(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone,” 1956
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, February 18th
sounds of Chicago
Ben Lamar Gay, “Oh Great Be the Lake” (B. Gay), published 10/6/21 (Open Arms to Open Us, 2021)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, February 17th
sounds of Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, direction), live, Paris, 2015: Helmut Lachenmann (1935-), Mouvement (-Vor der Erstarrung), 1984
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lagniappe
reading table
A dry riverbed
glimpsed
by lightning.—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass
2022
Wednesday, February 16th
like nobody else
Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, composition, sopranino saxophone) with James Fei (electronics), Thomas Bruckner (voice), Ostravská Banda, “Distant Radio Transmission,” 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, February 15th
sounds of New York
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio (TF, drums, compositions; Patricia Brennan, vibraphone; Tomeka Reid, cello), live, New York, 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
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Monday, February 14th
like nobody else
Henry Threadgill (1944-, Pulitzer Prize Winner [Music, 2016], MCOTD Hall of Fame), Sixfivetwo (2018); Mivos Quartet, live, Vienna, 7/1/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, February 13th
timeless
Harmonizing Four of Richmond, “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), early 1960s
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Excavation (1950)
music clip of the day 