Friday, December 9th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Low, live, Primavera Sound Festival, Spain (near Barcelona), 6/4/22
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Thursday, December 8th
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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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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Wednesday, December 7th
timeless
T-Bone Walker (1910-1975, vocals, guitar) with Memphis Slim (piano), Willie Dixon (bass), Jump Jackson (drums), “Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong,” live (TV), Germany, 1962
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Tuesday, December 6th
sounds of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Roscoe Mitchell, 1940-, reeds; Joseph Jarman, 1937-2019, reeds; Lester Bowie, 1941-1999, trumpet [MCOTD Hall of Fame]; Malachi Favors, 1927-2004, bass, percussion; Don Moye, 1946-, drums, percussion), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1983
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Monday, December 5th
like nobody else
John Zorn (composition, alto saxophone, direction) with Marc Ribot (guitar), Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone), Jamie Saft (keyboards), Trevor Dunn (bass), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Joey Baron (drums): “Karaim,” France (Marciac), 2010
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Saturday, December 3rd
never enough
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in D minor (K. 397): Kristian Bezuidenhout (1979-, fortepiano), live, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2013
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Music avoids impossibility.
—Louis Zukofsky (1904-78), from Anew (#2)
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Friday, December 2nd
only rock ‘n’ roll
Sonic Youth, live (studio: “The Sprawl,” “Incinerate,” “Hey Joni,” “Jams Run Free,” “Pink Steam”), 2007
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Thursday, December 1st
sounds of Chicago
Fred Moten (voice, words), Brandon Lopez (bass), Gerald Cleaver (percussion, voice), live, Chicago, 10/21/22
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Wednesday, November 30th
alone
Why not slow down and . . . listen . . . to . . . each . . . sound?
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), “Three Waters” (photos and video footage, David Lobato and Susan Alcorn Lobato), 2011
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Tuesday, November 29th
more sounds of Brazil
Tom Zé (1936-, vocals, compositions), live, Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2018
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