Sunday, 1/29/12
joy, n. exultation of spirit; gladness, delight. E.g., Calvary Baptist Church in West Philadelphia, with John Legend singing “How I Got Over” (2011).
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lagniappe
listening room: (some of) what’s playing
• Theo Parrish, Sound Sculptures, Vol. 1 (Sound Signature)
• Coldcut, 70 Minutes of Madness (Journeys by DJ)
• O.V. Wright, Wright Stuff (Hi UK)
• Bertha “Chippie” Hill, 1925-1929 (Document)
• Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
• The Fisk Jubilee Quartet, There Breathes A Hope (Archeophone)
• This May Be The Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45 RPM 1957-1982 (Tompkins Square)
• Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, I Only Have Eyes For You (ECM)
• Chicago Underground Trio, Slon (Thrill Jockey)
• Charlie Christian, The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Sony)
• The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: Vocal Classics, 1942-46 (Blue Note)
• Chicago Underground Trio, Slon (Thrill Jockey)
• Miles Davis, Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions (Prestige)
• Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra (Thrill Jockey)
• Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopiques 19 (Buda Musique)
• Ludwig van Beethoven/Julliard String Quartet, String Quartets Nos. 13 & 16 (Sony)
• Ludwig van Beethoven/Solomon, Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 (EMI)
• Ludwig van Beethoven/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan cond., Symphony No. 7 (Deutsche Grammaphon)
• Bela Bartok/Hungarian String Quartet, String Quartets Nos. 1-6 (Deutsche Grammaphon)
• Bela Bartok/Takacs Quartet, String Quartets Nos. 5-6 (Hungaroton)
• Boulez Conducts Boulez (Deutsche Grammaphon)
• Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez cond./Mitsuko Uchida, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg (Philips)
• Morton Feldman, For Bunita Marcus, Markus Hinterhauser, piano (Col Legno)
• Morton Feldman, Piano and String Quartet, Aki Takahashi, Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
• Hawthorne String Quartet, Pavel Haas (String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3), Hans Krasa (String Quartet) (London)
• Pavel Haas Quartet, Leo Janacek (String Quartet No. 1), Pavel Haas (String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3) (Supraphon)
• Arvo Part, Litany (ECM)
• Arnold Schoenberg/LaSalle Quartet, String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 (Brilliant Classics)
• Robert Schumann/Zehetmair Quartett, String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (ECM)
• Zehetmair Quartet, Bela Bartok (String Quartet No. 5), Paul Hindemith (String Quartet No. 4) (ECM)
• WKCR-FM (broadcasting from Columbia University)
—Bach Festival
—Bird Flight (Phil Schaap, jazz [Charlie Parker])
—Eastern Standard Time (Carter Van Pelt, Jamaican music)
• WFMU-FM
—Mudd Up! (DJ/Rupture, “new bass and beats”)
—Sinner’s Crossroads (Kevin Nutt, gospel)
—Give the Drummer Some (Doug Schulkind, sui generis, Web only)
—Lamin’s Show (sui generis)