aworks ordered list :: top five of the week /suitable for non-obsessives?/

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1. Music in Twelve Parts, Part 2. Philip Glass
2. Divorce Song. Liz Phair
3. Spem In Alium. Thomas Tallis
4. 4 Cast: Unpredictable. Trimpin and Kronos Quartet.
5. Pharoah's Dance. Miles Davis

Glass: And Part 2 isn't even my favorite part.

Phair: This song is even better than I remembered. Creative, honest, vulnerable and it rocks albeit in a remedial way. I need to listen to the entire album again to remember why I was so disappointed with her work after this recording.

Tallis: From the Kronos Quartet album that also has George Crumb.

Trimpin: It's been a long week and I can't remember if I mentioned I saw the Trimpin movie last weekend (er, yes I did). Clip here. Anyway, I want to highlight that the Kronos Quartet play a key role in establishing a narrative in the documentary, leading to a performance of 4 Cast: Unpredictable. I don't think I've seen an audience of non-contemporary-music-obsessives enjoy unorthodox music so much as I did at the Red Vic movie theatre last weekend.

Davis: I have nothing particularly new to say about Bitches Brew but I will repeat how good improvised bass clarinet can sound and also link to this photo of Miles Davis playing tenor saxophone.

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top 5 this week :: 2/5/10

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