sounds of Ukraine
Denys Karachevtsev (cello), live, Ukraine (Kharkiv), published 3/22/22: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, excerpt (1st Movt., Prelude)
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what’s new
Mike Pride (drums), Joanna Mattrey (viola), Brandon Lopez (bass), live, New York (house concert, Brooklyn), 3/26/22
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sounds of Chicago
Jimmy Jones, “Farther Along,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1974
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timeless
Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Richard Thompson (guitar), “The Boxer” (P. Simon), live, New York (2016)
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I shall keep singing!
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 270 (Franklin)
spring: another take
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958
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sounds of Ukraine
Julia Gomelskaya (1964-2016), Symphony No. 2 (“Ukraine Forever”), 2010; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Mykola Dyadyura, cond.), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2011
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sounds of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Konono No. 1, “Mama Na Bana,” live, Belgium (Spa), 2012
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spring: another take
Sun Ra Arkestra (SR, 1914-1993, piano, composition; June Tyson, vocals; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone, et al.), “Springtime Again,” live, Rome, 1980
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Thus spring begins: old
stupidities repeated,
new errors invented.—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
two takes
“Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (F. Landesman, T. Wolf)
Bob Dorough (1923-2018; vocals, piano), 1997
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Betty Carter (1929-1998, vocals), 1964
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back to church
Hood Memorial Hymn Choir, “Until I Die,” live, Center Baptist Church, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1988
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