Lucy Hamilton
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Earlier I was listening to Béla Bartók "String Quartet No. 5", on the record player.
You Tube being amazing, they have all of Bartók's String Quartet's uploaded.
The painting in the background of course, this is Wassily Kandinsky's "Composition VIII" from 1923, Kandinsky's early Bauhaus period....I love Kandinsky, one of my favourite artists.
This is the Allegro from "String Quartet No. 5":
Then I listened to Imarhan, who are Tuareg from Algeria and are on City Slang Records which is owned and run by some friends of our's in Berlin:
City Slang Records
Imarhan
The whole Imarhan album is completely astonishing.
This is Imarhan's song "Tahabort" which is amazing, incredibly intricate guitar work and in general just extraordinary noise, they're on tour throughout Europa this month and also March, we must go and watch them do their thing:
Edited to add comment.
Thelonious Monk "Straight No Chaser" this recording is from 1947 and it originally appeared on the album "Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2" released in 1952 on Blue Note Records.
It features Art Blakey on drums, Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Al McKibbon on bass and Sahib Shihab on alto saxophone.
Thelonious Monk "Blue Monk" from the album "Thelonious Monk Trio" released in 1954 on Prestige Records.
It features Art Blakey on drums and Percy Heath on bass.