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2014

Wednesday, March 26th

alone

Günter “Baby” Sommer, live, Germany (Dresden), c. 2007


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musical thoughts

Who has more fun than drummers?

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lagniappe

reading table

Back to Mandrake the Magician,
The man of mystery often seen
In the company of swells and
Denizens of the underworld,
While mother kneads pie dough
And sways her hips to the radio,
And the fat, bow-legged dog
Drools over a red rubber ball,
When there is a flash of lightning
Followed by a roll of thunder
And sudden darkness upon us all.

—Charles Simic, “Memory Train” (New Republic, 3/24/14)

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2014

Tuesday, March 25th

Happy (85th) Birthday, Cecil!

Cecil Taylor (March 25, 1929-), pianist, composer, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, 2013 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy, etc.

Today, celebrating his musical life, we revisit three favorites.

Live, Germany (Nürnberg), 1984


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Live (with Rashid Bakr, drums; Thurman Barker, marimba, miscellaneous percussion), 1995


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Live (with Max Roach, drums), New York (Columbia University), 2000


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musical thoughts

I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.

—Cecil Taylor

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2014

Monday, March 24th

like nobody else

Nina Simone (“Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” [Trad.], “To Love Somebody” [B. Gibb, R. Gibb], “Suzanne” [L. Cohen], “Save Me” [A. Franklin], “Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now”/”Today Is A Killer”/”I Loves You Porgy” [G. Gershwin, D. Heyward]), live, Rome, 1969


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art beat

Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1940s

Helen Levitt by Helen Levitt, published by powerHouse Books

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2014

Sunday, March 23rd

back to church

Bishop G. E. Patterson (1939-2007) Live, Temple of Deliverance (COGIC), Memphis


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reading table

The Soul should always stand ajar

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886; Franklin #1017, fragment)

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2014

Saturday, March 22nd

passings

Scott Asheton, drummer (Stooges), August 16, 1949-March 15, 2014

Live (rehearsal), Tribute to the Stooges (SA, drums; Ron Asheton, guitar; J Mascis, guitar; Mike Watt, vocals, bass), “1970,” Belgium (Hasselt), 2002


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Live, Iggy and the Stooges, “Now I Wanna Be Your Dog,” France (Clisson), 2011


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Live, Stooges, “1970,” Michigan (Goose Lake Festival), 1970


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What do the sky and gardens know
of such disappointments?

—August Kleinzahler, “September” (fragment)

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2014

Friday, March 21st

sounds of Los Angeles

Living Off the Wall: East Los, 2014

Trailer


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#1 (Backyard Intro)


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#2 (Anthony)


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#3 (Lauren)


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#4 (Nekro)


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#5 (The Show)

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2014

Thursday, March 20th

spring!

Bob Dorough (1923-; vocals, piano), “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” (T. Wolf, F. Landesman), 1997


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Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958


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Sun Ra Arkestra (SR [1914-1993], piano; June Tyson, vocals; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone, et al.), “Springtime Again” (S. Ra), live, Rome, 1980


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A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown—
Who ponders this tremendous scene—
This whole Experiment of Green—
As if it were his own!

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886; Franklin #1356)

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spring rain—
the uneaten ducks
are quacking

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)

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2014

Wednesday, March 19th

sounds of New York

William Parker (bass), Christian McBride (bass), Cooper-Moore (drums), Charles Gayle (tenor saxophone), Hamiett Bluiett (baritone saxophone), Jason Kao Hwang (violin), live (benefit concert), New York, 2012

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musical thoughts

Q: What would you do if you were not a composer?

Augusta Read Thomas (1964-): . . . I would spend all day listening. I could listen all day long until the day I die to music I’ve never heard and only begin to scratch the surface. There’s so much new. . . .

—chicagomusic.org

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2014

Tuesday, March 18th

sleepless in Chicago

Some folks sleep all night, or so I’ve heard. Maybe you’re one of them. If not, here’s a mix you might try—a sonic tonic.

1. Play this on repeat.

John Luther Adams (1953-), “The Farthest Place” (2001); piano (Clint Davis), vibraphone (Brian Archinal & Andy Bliss), bass (Satoru Tagawa), violin (Lydia Kabalen); University of Kentucky (Lexington), 2008


2. Ditto. 

Waterfall Sounds, Cow Creek


3. Adjust volume levels to taste.

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For you fleas too
the nights must be long,
they must be lonely.

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)

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2014

Monday, March 17th

Nick Hennies (music, film editing), “Lineal” (Part 1), 2009

[vimeo 7567186 w=560&h=315]

Someday our world, and its shiny technology, will seem no less remote.

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