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Tuesday, September 22nd

passings

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, singer, songwriter, December 8, 1942–September 11, 2020

The Maytals (later Toots and the Maytals), “Pressure Drop” (F. Hibbert), 1970 (original recording)

 

It’s a song about revenge, but in the form of karma: If you do bad things to innocent people, then bad things will happen to you. The title was a phrase I used to say. If someone done me wrong, rather than fight them like a warrior, I’d say: “The pressure’s going to drop on you.”

—Toots Hibbert, The Guardian, 9/6/16

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, September 21st

Last night, driving in Chicago with the windows down, I had this track, recorded thirty years ago, on repeat.

Arthur Russell (1951-1992, vocals, cello, keyboards) with Jennifer Warnes (1947-, vocals), “That’s Us/Wild Combination” (A. Russell), late 1980s

 

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yesterday, Chicago

Sunday, September 20th

more

Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013

 

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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Saturday, September 19th

Feeling glum? (Not anymore.)

Caroline Shaw (1982-), Partita for 8 Voices (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 2013); Roomful of Teeth, live, Canada (Vancouver), 2016

 

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Friday, September 18th

what’s new

James Blake, “Godspeed” (Frank Ocean cover), 9/10/20

 

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this morning, Chicago

Thursday, September 17th

like nobody else

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Igor Levit (piano), 9/10/20

 

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Wednesday, September 16th

always fresh

Steve Reich (1936-), Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76); Amadinda Percussion Group & Musicians, live, Budapest, 2003

 

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Tuesday, September 15th

alone

Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “For Susanna Kyle” (L. Bernstein, from “Five Anniversaries”), live, 2020

 

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other day, Chicago

Monday, September 14th

Why not begin the week with something beautiful?

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in A minor (BMV 543); Kris Verhelst (harpsichord), live, Belgium (Antwerp), 2016

 

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yesterday, Chicago

Sunday, September 13th

shout!

Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013

 

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other day, Chicago

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reading table

Dusk of the year
Nightfalling leaves
More than we knew
Abounded on trees
We now see through

—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011), “Leavetaking”