I've been listening to the music of J. S. Bach and Lee Morgan this past week. Bach's recorded music was provided by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt - Cantatas; Viktoria Mullova and Ottavio Dantone - Sonatas for violin and harpsichord; Philippe Herreweghe - Mass in B minor; Taverner Consort & Players • Andrew Parrott - Magnificat & Easter Oratorio; Jacques Loussier Trio - Goldberg Variations & Various Bach & Schumann • Kinderszenen; Gabriela Montero - Bach and Beyond; Andrew Manze and Rachel Podger - Solo & Double Violin Concertos, and Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations (of course).
In conjunction with the above I've been reading Nicholas Kenyon's recently published The Faber Pocket Guide to Bach - his guide to Mozart is also fine work for those of us 'down here on the ground' (= non-academics).
My Lee Morgan listening resided in his The Procrastinator - with Bennie Maupin on tenor, Caramba, and Infinity - the last with Jackie McLean on alto.
Admittedly the above list encodes a lot of music, many hours of listening. But what other means does a person have available to administer to one's soul after one's favorite teams - the Michigan Wolverines and Detroit Tigers - have been defeated in the same weekend? I'm sad about these loses, but I"m so glad about the wonderful music that I got next to. Sweet music ....
P.S. WKCR-FM
Admittedly the above list encodes a lot of music, many hours of listening. But what other means does a person have available to administer to one's soul after one's favorite teams - the Michigan Wolverines and Detroit Tigers - have been defeated in the same weekend? I'm sad about these loses, but I"m so glad about the wonderful music that I got next to. Sweet music ....
P.S. WKCR-FM
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