Praying for peace after the pogrom.
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012: Arvo Pärt, ‘De profundis’
Tintinnabulous triads, a pre-Yom Kippur pause for reflection.
Continue reading...115: Astor Piazzolla, “Tango: Zero Hour”
A mind-popping marriage of virtuosity, passion, and precision.
Continue reading...250: Mose Allison, ‘Young Man’s Blues’
My g-g-g-generation, dropping like flies, teenagers dying of old age.
Carpe diem?
After my nap.
273: The Necks, ‘Sex’
Jeff’s Top Ten from the last fortnight–surprises, non-surprises, and Rachael Price going ‘Ooh-ooh–ooh’.
Continue reading...092: Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, ‘Babar’ (“The Melody of Rhythm”)
Alchemy 101:
Take a jazz banjoist, a classical double-bassist, and a percussionist of traditional Indian music, toss in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, mix vigorously. Waddaya get? A ménage a trois of a centaur, a mermaid, and a Toyota Prius? Nope! “The Melody of Rhythm” is as natural as the petal of a daisy — unforced, convincing and absolutely lovely.
086: ‘Different Trains’, Steve Reich (Kronos Quartet)
Minimalism and “the only adequate musical response—one of the few adequate artistic responses in any medium—to the Holocaust.”
Continue reading...044: Paul Robeson, ‘Go Down, Moses’
It’s Passover! Let’s sing a song of slavery!
Paul Robeson brought the Spiritual to the concert hall, singing the suffering and indignity of his own father in slavery. A remarkable life any standards.