Need a lift?
Angelika Niescier (alto saxophone), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Florian Weber (piano), Chris Tordini (bass), Tyshawn Sorey (drums), “The Barn Thing” (A. Niescier), live, Germany (Krefeld), 2013
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Martha’s Vineyard Rocks 127B 1954 (Abstractions, through 8/14/16)
sounds of Chicago
Windy City Spiritualaires with Willie Clayton, “Prove It,” live, Birmingham, Ala., 2000
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Glouchester 1H 1944 (Abstractions, through 8/14/16)
tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing at the Art Institute, where I’ll be listening.
Peter Brotzmann (tenor saxophone), Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone), Steve Noble (drums), live, London, 2014
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random sights
other day, Chicago (outside the Art Institute)
If I learned I had a week to live, one afternoon, sunlight streaming through the windows, I’d listen to Mozart.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Adagio in B minor, K. 540
Mitsuko Uchida, live
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Entrance to the Public Gardens at Arles, 1888
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
only rock ‘n’ roll
Dog Faced Hermans, live, Lincoln, Neb., 1994
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art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Vincent van Gogh, A Corner of the Asylum and the Garden with a Heavy, Sawed-Off Tree, 1889 (Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, through May 10th)
sounds of New York
Some of the most kinetic, exciting, enlivening sounds I’ve heard in a while.
Farmers by Nature (Craig Taborn, piano; William Parker, bass; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live, New York, 4/4/16
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art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Martin Puryear, Maquette for Bearing Witness (1994) (Multiple Dimensions, through May 1st)
otherworldly
Iancu Dumitrescu (1944-), Infinity for bass clarinet and ensemble, Hyperion Ensemble (feat. Tim Hodgkinson, clarinets), live, Bucharest, 2009
#1
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#2
I love watching this guy conduct.
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Vincent van Gogh, Parisian Novels, 1887 (Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, through May 10th)
sounds of New York
Exquisite Corpse at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, 2015
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
From Vincent van Gogh’s Entrance to the Public Gardens at Arles, 1888 (Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, through May 10th)
This guy takes me places no one else does.
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil (TB, alto saxophone; Oscar Noriega, clarinet; Matt Mitchell, piano; Ches Smith, drums, vibraphone), “Small World in a Small Town” (T. Berne), live, Brazil (Sao Paulo), 2015
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), City Landscape, 1955
sounds of Chicago
DJ Heather, live, Chicago, 2015
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art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Interchanged, 1955
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