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Tag: Kobayashi Issa

Sunday, January 1st

old school

Son of Daniel, “You Sure Been Good to Me,” “God Is Able,” live, TV show (Amazing Grace), Miami


(Unfortunately the audio drops out toward the end [3:48].)

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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New Year’s Day—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass

Wednesday, December 14th

Chicago blues
day two

Junior Wells (1934-1998; vocal, harmonica), Buddy Guy (1936-; guitar), et al., “Cryin’ Shame” (AKA “Country Girl”), live, Chicago, 1970

 

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winter wind—
he can’t find his roost
the evening crow

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue

Monday, September 26th

A prediction I made in 2011—she’d be a big star someday—seems to have come true: this has over 8 million views.

Nneka, “Walking,” live, Berlin, 2015


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autumn rain
he’s just like me . . .
the snail

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

Monday, September 19th

sounds of Mali

Salif Keita, live, Switzerland (Winterthur), 2013


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she keeps the nest
nice and neat . . .
widow bird

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

Wednesday, September 14th

more

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); Either/OR (Richard Carrick, piano/celesta; Margaret Lancaster, flutes; David Shively, percussion), live, Philadelphia, 2015

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flitting butterfly–
every corner of my hut
is inspected

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

Tuesday, August 9th

sounds of London

Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden), live, London, 2016


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father and son
go their separate ways . . .
blossom viewing

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

Sunday, July 24th

sounds of Chicago

Otis Clay (1942-2016) and Willie Rogers, “When the Gates Swing Open,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” live, Indianola, Miss. (B.B. King’s funeral service), 2015

 

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whatever the day brings
the nightingale’s alone
I’m alone

—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1828 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

Wednesday, May 25th

Unfailing clarity, lyricism—how apt to hear him shortly after Mozart.

Sonny Rollins, live (“On Green Dolphin Street,” “St. Thomas,” “Four”), Denmark, 1968*


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dripping from the flower vendor’s
display
morning dew

—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1828 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

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*With Kenny Drew (piano), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass), Albert “Tootie” Heath (drums).

Thursday, March 31st

Something to wash over you.

John Luther Adams (1953-), The Light Within (2007); New Music Detroit, live, Detroit, 2014


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spring rain—
the uneaten ducks
are quacking

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

Wednesday, March 9th

Who needs coffee?

Johnny Griffin Quartet (JG, tenor saxophone; Ronnie Matthews, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Kenny Washington, drums), live, New York, 1981

 

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when cherry blossoms
scatter . . .
no regrets

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David Lanoue