like nothing else
Meredith Monk (1942-) and Vocal Ensemble, “Songs of Ascension” (M. Monk), excerpts, Geyserville, California, 2008
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
sounds of Chicago
Baby Face Leroy Trio (BFL, drums, vocals; Muddy Waters, guitar, vocals; Little Walter, harmonica, vocals), “Rollin’ and Tumblin'” (Pts. 1 and 2), rec. 1950, Chicago
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
what’s new
Julian Lage Trio (JL, guitar; Jorge Roeder, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums), “Tributary” (J. Lage), live, Lexington, Kentucky, 12/8/22
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Mali and all over
Fatoumata Diawara (with Yacouba Kone [guitar], Arecio Smith [keyboards], Juan Finger [bass], Willy Ombe [drums], and the Water and Sound Ensemble), “An Ka Bin,” live, Augsburg, Germany (Water & Sound Festival), 8/7/22
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
How about a trip to Cologne?
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne (François-Xavier Roth [1971-], cond.) with Antoine Tamestit (1979-, viola), live, Cologne (Germany), 5/10/22: Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), The Viola in My Life IV (1970)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of London
Gavin Bryars (1943-), “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet” (1971): Phaedra Ensemble with recorded voice, live, London (Shoreditch Church), 2018
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Cory Smythe (piano) with Sofia Jernberg (voice), Joshua Modney (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Peter Evans (trumpet), Zekkereya El-magharbel (trombone), Ryan Muncy (alto saxophone), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), David Leon (alto and baritone saxophones, clarinet), Jessie Cox (drums and percussion), Stephan Crump (bass), “Combustion 2” (Frank Heath, video), 12/2/22 (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
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random sights
last night, Chicago
only rock ‘n’ roll
Low, live, Primavera Sound Festival, Spain (near Barcelona), 6/4/22
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Antoine Tamestit (1979-, viola), Paris, 5/16/20: Max Reger (1873-1916), Solo Suite No. 1 in G-minor (1915)
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reading table
You would want to be an awful fool not to know that we only bloom once.
—writer Colm Toibin (1955-) quoting writer John McGahern (1934-2006), from a conversation shortly before his death (London Review of Books, 1/27/22)
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