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Saturday, December 21st

never enough

Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations (excerpts); Glenn Gould (piano), live, 1964

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radio: Bach Festival 2013

If, like me, you can’t get enough Bach, you’re in luck. Tonight through New Year’s Eve, it’s all Bach all the time at WKCR-FM (Columbia University).

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One, seven, three, five—
Nothing to rely on in this or any world;
Nighttime falls and the water is flooded with moonlight.
Here in the Dragon’s jaws:
Many exquisite jewels.

—Setcho Juken (980-1052)

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Wednesday, November 27th

serendipity

This I bumped into the other day on the radio.*

Salvatore Sciarrino (1947-), Piano Trio No. 2 (1987); Alter Ego Ensemble, 1999

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art beat

Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Twin Lakes, Connecticut, 1916

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*WKCR-FM (Columbia University), Afternoon New Music (11/25/13).

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Thursday, November 21st

spellbinding

Hariprasad Chaurasia (bansuri [bamboo flute]), Raga Bhimpalasi, 1991

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radio

Today, celebrating the jazz saxophonist’s birthday, WKCR-FM (Columbia University) is Coleman Hawkins Radio.

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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

—Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), The Rambler (#2), 1750

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Sunday, August 4th

Offstage she may be quiet, even shy. Onstage? That’s a different story: she’s filled with the Spirit.

Chicago Mass Choir (feat. Pam Crawford), “He’s Gonna Work It Out”

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radio

Today, his 112th birthday, it’s all Louis Armstrong all day at WKCR-FM (Columbia University).

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It’s easy, sometimes, to take even great blessings for granted, like, for instance, living within walking distance—yes, walking distance—of a wonderful club (FitzGerald’s), where, last night, at their annual American Music Festival (three stages, four days), now in its thirty-third year, I saw these folks.

Joe Hall & The Louisiana Cane Cutters, live, Louisiana (Breaux Bridge), 2009

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Sleepy LaBeef, “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (plus interview), TV show (Late Night with Conan O’Brien), 1994

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The Paladins, “Kiddeo,” live, Netherlands, 2007

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radio

Today, celebrating one of his birthdays (a long story), WKCR-FM (Columbia University) will be playing Louis Armstrong—and nothing but—all day.

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2013

Friday, June 14th

Shivkumar Sharma (santoor) & Zakir Hussain (tabla), live, Tokyo, 1988

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radio

Today it’s all ragas all day at WKCR-FM (Columbia University), where they’re hosting the Ragas Live Festival—24 hours straight of Indian classical music, featuring 24 live in-studio performances.

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Wednesday, May 8th

Yesterday, listening to WKCR-FM (Columbia University), I bumped into this, a track I never tired of hearing when, in the ’70s, I was in college.

Bill Evans (1929-1980), piano, “Never Let Me Go” (Alone, 1968)

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Monday, April 29th

serendipity

Every so often, like, for instance, last night, when I was listening to the radio* while working on a brief for a client who’s serving a 20-year sentence for attempted murder, I find myself being totally swept away by something that, a minute earlier, I didn’t even know existed.

Pannalal Ghosh (1911-1960), bansuri (Indian flute), Raga Darbari