Thursday, September 5th
Today, MCOTD’s 10th anniversary, we revisit our first post.
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One left Cuba after the revolution, the other stayed. Here they play together: pianists—father and son—Bebo and Chucho Valdes.
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2019
Wednesday, September 4th
string quartet festival
day three
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), String Quartet in F major (1903); Hagen Quartet, live, Austria (Salzburg), 2000
1st movt.
2nd movt.
3rd movt.
4th movt.
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Tuesday, September 3rd
string quartet festival
day two
Elliott Carter (1908-2012), String Quartet No. 5 (1995); Pacifica Quartet, live, Tokyo, 2004
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The book itself is sort of a perfect metaphor for a human being. It’s got a front and a back, it’s got a spine, and it’s bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
—Chris Ware
2019
Monday, September 2nd
string quartet festival
day one
A couple years ago I heard the Chicago-based Spektral Quartet play this piece at the Museum of Contemporary Art—one of the most memorable musical experiences of my life.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), String Quartet No. 2 (1983); FLUX Quartet, live, London (The Tanks at Tate Modern), 2016
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Who has not found the Heaven – below –
Will fail of it above –
For Angels rent the House next ours,
Wherever we remove –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 1609 (Franklin)
2019
Sunday, September 1st
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price, “One of These Mornings,” live (TV show), Chicago, 1969
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random sights
this morning, Maywood, Ill.
2019
Friday, August 30th
sounds of Chicago
C.H.E.W., live, Los Angeles, 2018
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More?
Live (studio), Chicago, 7/2/19
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SINCE THOUGHT
is the foliage of the mind I think
that thought inheres in vines
—Robert Grenier (1941-), A Day at the Beach (1984)
2019
Thursday, August 29th
sounds of New York
James Brandon Lewis Unruly Quintet (JBL, tenor saxophone; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Anthony Pirog, guitar; Luke Stewart, bass; Warren G. Crudup III, drums), live, New York, 6/15/19
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this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Wednesday, August 28th
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1; Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997, piano), live, Moscow, 1972
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Only thing
the thief left behind—
moon in my window.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2019
Tuesday, August 27th
sounds of New York
Craig Taborn (piano, electronics), Cory Smythe (piano, electronics), “X’s and Y’s,” live, New York, 2018
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SHOE FROM THE WAVES
oh he got a shoe from the waves
—Robert Grenier (1941-), A Day at the Beach (1984)
2019
Monday, August 26th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Joseph Jarman (1937-2019, alto saxophone), Marilyn Crispell (1947-, piano), “Dear Lord” (J. Coltrane), 1996 (Connecting Spirits)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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