old instruments, new sounds
Daniel Levin (cello), Mat Maneri (viola), live, Norway (Oslo), 2017
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Robert Frank (1924-), US 285, New Mexico, 1955 (The Photographer’s Curator: Hugh Edwards at the Art Institute of Chicago, through October 29th)
tonight in (snowy) Chicago
They’ll be playing at Constellation.
Ches Smith (percussion), Mat Maneri (viola), Craig Taborn (piano), “Wacken Open Air,” live, Copenhagen, 1/19/16
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“I Think”
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Looking for pointers on patience? Here’s what MCOTD recommends: a bicycle accident and hip fracture. That will, I guarantee, change your whole outlook—pronto.
3n
Albrecht Maurer (violin), Mat Maneri (viola), Lucian Ban (piano), “Irreverence” (L. Ban), live (recording session), Germany (Cologne), 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
Back to Brooklyn.
Trio Caveat (James Ilgenfritz, bass; Chris Welcome, guitar; Jonathan Moritz, saxophone) with Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York (Barbes), 2012
#1
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Too much music suffers from too little mystery.
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reading table
[T]hose who know her [nature], know her less / The nearer her they get.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1433 (Franklin)
Two voices in the dark, singing.
Mat Maneri (viola), Daniel Levin (cello), live, Rome, 2015
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