New York – Page 2 – Membranophonist’s Ramblings

Sun Ra Arkestra Live at Union Pool

Under the direction of Marshall Allen.

At left is Marshall Allen, still playing with fire at age 94.

Playing baritone with the Sun Ra Arkestra in Brooklyn.

James Stewart playing flute with the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen in Brooklyn, NY.

With the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen in Brooklyn, NY.

NYBG

A few photos from my second visit to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

Nymphaea colorata
Old Man’s-Beard Cactus (Cephalocereus senilis)

Johnny Butler & The Epic Fail at Our Wicked Lady

With movement by AnA Collaborations.

Nation of Immigrants

Thursday Night Music at Niagara

Coincidentally, two friends performed back-to-back at Niagara yesterday evening.

Brittany Anjou Trio

Brittany Anjou — Keyboard and vocals
Mali Obomsawin — Acoustic bass
Shirazette Tannin — Drums

Soundchecking before her trio performs at Niagara in New York’s East Village.

Karlie Bruce & Chris Parrello

Karlie Bruce — Vocals and keyboards
Chris Parrello — Guitars

Dreary April Day

A Sunday at MoMA

Louise Bourgeois, 1997.

Givenchy, 1968.

Miyake Design Studio, 1997.

Richard Nicoll and Studio XO, 2015.

Daniel “Dapper Dan” Day, circa 1985–1991.

Vasily Kandinsky, 1909.

The disks are to be placed on a record player. Marcel Duchamp, 1935.

The story goes that the artist used a telephone to convey instructions to the enamel manufacturer, having no physical role in creating the work. László Moholy-Nagy, 1923.

Louise Bourgeois, date unknown.

Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt), 1959.

David Hammons, 1989.

Joan Jonas, 2010/2012/2013 with singing by André Somby and piano and sounds by Jason Moran.

Joan Jonas, 2010/2012/2013 with singing by André Somby and piano and sounds by Jason Moran.

Thinking Machines, 1987.

Waldemar Cordeiro, 1972.

The image comes from a protest in São Paulo against the military dictatorship.

Post No Bills

Thinking Machines at MoMA

Designed by Mario Bellini, 1966.

Sonakinatography is Channa Horwitz’s “form of conceptual drawing she developed to code and annotate movement, centered around the number eight.”

Susan Kare, 1982.

First Snow