sounds of Mali and France
Amadou & Mariam with guest Bertrand Cantat, live, France (near Belfort), 2012
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We dream – it is good we are dreaming –
It would hurt us – were we awake –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #584 (Franklin), excerpt
sounds of India
If I could sing like this, I’d never close my mouth.
Shankar Mahadevan (vocals) & Zakir Hussain (percussion), live, India, 2014
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spreading wide my narrow Hands / To gather Paradise –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #466 (Franklin)
old school
Brother Willie Eason, “There’ll Be No Grumblers There,” 1947
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One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #407 (Franklin)
3n
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano (1982); Tomas Major (violin), Zora Sloka (horn), Denes Varjon (piano), 2009
#1
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This World is not conclusion.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #373 (Franklin)
only rock ‘n’ roll
Battles, “The Yabba,” live, New York, 2015
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And this brief Drama in the flesh –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #279 (Franklin)
tenor fest
day two
Von Freeman (MCOTD Hall of Fame), live, New Apartment Lounge, Chicago
2010
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Von Freeman, who was considered one of the finest tenor saxophonists in jazz but attained wide fame only late in life, died on Aug. 11 in Chicago. He was 88.
—New York Times obituary, 8/18/12
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A wounded Deer – leaps highest –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #181 (Franklin)
back to church
St. Paul Baptist Church Hymn Choir (Lowrys, S.C.), “All I Do,” live, McConnells, S.C. (Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church), c. 2009
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In the name of the Bee –
And of the Butterfly –
And of the Breeze – Amen!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #23 (Franklin)
another take
These guys I could listen to all day.
Steve Lacy Quartet (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Bobby Few, piano; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Revenue,” live, 1995
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Escape is such a thankful Word
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1364 (Franklin)
Why not start the week with something strange?
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), Tetras (1983); JACK Quartet, live, Philadelphia, 2014
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Trust in the Unexpected —
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #561 (Franklin)
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