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Passings: Sam Rivers
Via nytimes.com
Dec 2011
Jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers, known for “an approach to improvisation that was garrulous and uninhibited but firmly grounded in intellect and technique,” has died at age 88. He played the Walker with Jason Moran.
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Pop Per Capita
Via theatlanticcities.com
Dec 2011
The midwest makes top mention in a list of 2011’s hit songs. Cross-referencing Pitchfork’s top 100 tracks with the home cities of artists shows that Eau Claire, Wis.—home of Bon Iver—has the highest density of hits: 1.2 per 100,000 people.
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Bill T’s Winter Song
Via npr.org
Dec 2011
Asked to name a song that best evokes winter, choreographer Bill T. Jones selected a song from Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise (Winter Journey),” which sparked a childhood memory of his father, “broke and sick” and walking through the snow to his factory job.
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Rockupy
Via guardian.co.uk
Dec 2011
Members of Radiohead and Massive Attack took turns DJing at a London gig at a former UBS site taken over by Occupy London protesters. Proceeds from the fundraisers will help OWS groups worldwide.
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Bennett’s Gaga
Via rollingstone.com
Dec 2011
Tony Bennett’s charcoal drawing of a nude Lady Gaga, made during a photoshoot by Annie Liebovitz, is up for auction on ebay. The $5,000 reserve hasn’t been met yet, but when it is, proceeds will benefit Bennett’s Exploring the Arts and Gaga’s Born This Way.
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Gehry & Grammy
Via archinect.com
Dec 2011
Frank Gehry’s poster for the 54th Grammy Awards features, naturally, Gehry-esque structures. Says the 82-year old: “I have been fortunate to have worked with and become friends with some of the top musicians in classical music. They are my inspiration and my heroes.”
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Congrats to USA Fellows
Via usafellows.org
Dec 2011
Among artists named USA Fellows for 2011—which comes with a $50,000 check from USA Artists—are many with Walker ties, but a special congratulations to locals making the cut, including choreographer Morgan Thorson and composer Mary Ellen Childs.
