Saturday, March 26th
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)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: music clip of the day
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Friday, March 25th
spring: another take
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Thursday, March 24th
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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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Wednesday, March 23rd
sounds of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Konono No. 1, “Mama Na Bana,” live, Belgium (Spa), 2012
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Tuesday, March 22nd
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
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Monday, March 21st
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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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Sunday, March 20th
back to church
Hood Memorial Hymn Choir, “Until I Die,” live, Center Baptist Church, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1988
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago
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Saturday, March 19th
sounds of Ukraine
Yuko, “Маша,” live (studio), Kyiv (Ukraine), 2017
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random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
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Friday, March 18th
sounds of Ukraine
Yakiv Tsvietinskyi (composition, trumpet), “Double Quartet No. 9,” live (studio), Ukraine, 2019
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, March 17th
voices I miss
Billy Bang Quintet (BB, 1947-2011, violin, compositions; James Zollar, trumpet; Andrew Bemkey, piano; Todd Nicholson, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums), live, New York, 2006
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Look at your past, how it’s grown.
—Karen Solie (1966-), from “All That Is Certain Is Night Lasts Longer Than the Day”
