timeless
I didn’t know how much I needed this until I stumbled upon it this morning.
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Fantasia in C major (HXVII 4); Kirill Gerstein (1979-, piano), live, London, 3/4/21
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Colombia
ChocQuibTown, live (“Somos Pacífico,” “De Donde Vengo Yo,” “Pa Olvidarte,” “Qué Lástima,” “Lo Que Quieras Tú,” “Cuando Te Veo”), published 4/25/21
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
basement jukebox
O. V. Wright (1939-1980), “A Nickel and a Nail,” 1971
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
like nothing else
Annea Lockwood (1939-) & Yarn/Wire, “Into the Vanishing Point,” published 9/7/21
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other day, Chicago
alone
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, electronics), “Magic Square” (P. Brennan), 2020
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other day, Chicago
two takes
“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” (trad.)
Sonja Maneri (1937-2021, voice), Mat Maneri (1969-, viola), live, published 2020
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Mat Maneri (viola), live, Paris, 2020
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a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
like nobody else
This I return to again, and again, and again.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
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a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
basement jukebox
Lee Perry (1936-2021), “People Funny Boy” (L. Perry), 1968
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other day, Chicago
sounds (and sights) of Chicago
Avreeayl Ra (voice, drums, percussion, flute) and Ed Wilkerson (didgeridoo, tenor saxophone), live, Chicago, 8/23/20
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yesterday, Chicago
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reading table
Whatever it is,
I cannot understand it,
although gratitude
stubbornly overcomes me
until I’m reduced to tears.—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
passings
Jemeel Mondoc, alto saxophonist, August 5, 1946 – August 29, 2021
New World Pygmies (JM, alto saxophone; William Parker, bass; Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], drums), live, 2018
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Sunday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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