tonight in Chicago
He’s singing in Millenium Park.
Youssou N’Dour, “Lang,” live
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And they’re playing at Elastic.
Daniel Levin (cello) & Tim Daisy (drums), live, Bloomington, Ind., 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
The least misfortune can do to make up for itself is to be interesting.
—Michael Kinsley, Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide
keep on dancing
Offhand, I can’t think of a DJ set I’ve enjoyed more.
DJ Maseo (AKA Vincent Mason), London, 2017
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Luther Adams (1953-), In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (1999); Faculty & Fellows, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass., 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #12, 1977
sounds of Chicago (and St. Louis)
Pastor DeAndre Patterson (Destiny Worship Center, Chicago), live, St. Louis (Kennerly Temple Church of God in Christ), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, late 1960s
another take
Al Green, “Jesus Will Fix It,” live, 1980s
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston1909
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
Want to be swept away?
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Cello Concerto in A minor; Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra with Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), live, Amsertdam, 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), Fresh Air for the Baby, New York East Side, c. 1910
voices I miss
Some musicians suck up oxygen; others increase the available supply.
Jaki Byard (piano, 1922-1999), live, Berlin, 1965
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Bullfinch on camellia branch, early 1830s
voices I miss
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Mal Waldron (piano), Charles Rouse (tenor saxophone, flute), Woody Shaw (trumpet, flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (bass), live (“The Git Go,” “All Alone,” “Fire Waltz”), New York (Village Vanguard), 1985
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Irises at Horikiri, 1857
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