what’s new
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano, compositions), Chimaera, with Christian Fennesz (guitar, electronics), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone, drums), Drew Gress (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), live, Amsterdam, 7/13/24
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
sounds of New York
Sylvie Courvoisier Chimeara (SC, piano, compositions; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Christian Fennesz, guitar, electronics; Drew Gress, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums, vibraphone), live (performance begins at 19:00), New York, last night
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reading table
A bird is organized so that it is unnecessary
to assume an immeasurable substance
inside its body that remains after its death.—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “Analysis and Organization” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)
(Taking a break.)
what’s new
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and Mary Halvorson (guitar), live (performance begins at 14:30), Amsterdam, 2/3/22
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
sounds of New York
TISM (Tom Rainey, drums; Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones; Sylvie Courvoisier, piano; Mark Feldman, violin), live, New York, 2019
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival. (Big week for the guitarist: she just won a MacArthur “genius grant.”)
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, Belgium (Ghent), 2018
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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