Sunday, June 26th
two takes
“Never Grow Old,” AKA “Where We’ll Never Grow Old” (James C. Moore)
Aretha Franklin, live, Detroit, 1996
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Vernard Johnson, live, 1973
music clip of the day
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2016
2016
Saturday, June 25th
Entering his sound-world isn’t hard. What’s hard is leaving.
Tristan Murail (1947-), La Barque mystique, 1993
2016
Friday, June 24th
what’s new
Wyclef Jean, “Hendrix,” 6/17/16
2016
Thursday, June 23rd
Music offers what airlines don’t—time travel.
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Langsamer Satz (1905)
Faust Quartet
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lagniappe
art beat
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)
2016
Wednesday, June 22nd
sounds of New Orleans
Professor Longhair (1918-1980), live, New Orleans (Riverboat President, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival), 1979*
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
1. Mess Around
2. Every Day I Have The Blues
3. Big Chief
4. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
5. Tipitina
6. How Long (Has That Train Been Gone)
7. Got My Mojo Working
2016
Tuesday, June 21st
never enough
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; Larry Gales, bass; Ben Riley, drums), “Rhythm-a-Ning” (T. Monk), live, London, 1966
2016
Sunday, June 19th
testify!
Minister Febe & The Chosen Ones (joined by GeGe of True Anointing, Birmingham, Ala.), “Everybody Saw Me When I Fell,” live
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lagniappe
reading table
The Soul has Bandaged moments –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 360 (Franklin), fragment
2016
Saturday, June 18th
what’s new
Olga Bell, “ATA,” 2016
2016
Friday, June 17th
Feel like floating?
Chick Corea (piano) & Gary Burton (vibraphone)
Live, Washington, D.C., 6/13/16
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lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Thursday, June 16th
what’s new
M.A.K.U. SoundSystem, Mezcla, 2016
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