A meditation on contemporary music.
Charles, Chuck, Deely
On 9 January 2017, Charles –Chuck- Deely passes away at the age of 62. No one really knows how long Chuck played on the streets of The Hague, but it must have been over twenty years. Year round, through rain, storm and frost, he sat at the central station in the early hours. At around half past nine, when the long line of business men dried up, he would move to his spot in front of the HEMA. There he stayed, until closing time. Even in the weekends.
Hidden in his thick parka, with a dirty old guitar and a voice like sand paper, or sometimes with no voice at all, he would sit in the most hostile place in town, between the squeaking trolleys, roaring scooters and megalomaniac buildings, on the street lacking human sizing. And lately the deafening noise of the partly demolition and renovation of the old VROM building is added to the mix.
But Chuck could really sing and really play! But he was mostly loved by the citizens, business men and retailers of The Hague for his personality. Cats supposedly find the space at home that has the most negative energy, to absorb and direct it. Chuck supposedly made the streets a few degrees warmer. Basically, Chuck was The Hague’s tabby cat. And apparently he also had nine lives, for living to the age of 62 under his conditions, is hard. But still, Chuck used up his last life on 9 January 2017 and passed away. The Hague is a few degrees colder from now on. Read the interview with Chuck Deely on: http://wonomagazine.blogspot.nl/2012/06/teacher-deely-interview-with-chuck.html.
Kairos ends today with a song by Chuck Deely himself with a title that says it all: Nice Guys Never Win.
In today’s Kairos we also play music of the Ignacy Wiśniewsky trio, Anna Backerra, Pauline Oliveros, Benjamin van Esser, Ian Fischer, György Ligeti and others.
00:01 Ignacy Jan Wiśniewsky. Proanek.
Ignacy Wiśniewsky trio.
Album ‘Jazz Shirim’. Wood and mood.
02:11 Anna Backerra. First touch.
Maarten van Veen, piano.
Own recording
03:54 Ignacy Jan Wisniewsky. Port (partly).
Ignacy Wiśniewsky trio.
Album Jazz Shirim. Wood and mood.
14:29 Arvo Pärt. Pregando from Lamentate.
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andrey Boreyko, conductor; Alexei Lubimov, piano.
Album ‘Lamentate’. ECM NEW SERIES 19304763048.
19:18 Pauline Oliveros. Lear (partly).
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis.
Album ’Deep Listening’. New Albion NA 022 CD.
29:21 Bertrand Cantat (and lyrics), Denis Barthe, Jean-Paul Roy, Serge Teyssot-Gay. Le vent nous portera.
Sophie Hunger.
Album ‘1983’. Two Gentleman, twogtl 009-J.
32:29 Benjamin van Esser. DART for piano and electronics.
Gabi Sultana, piano.
This album has not been released as far as we known. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRyGrD4GzFc
38:11 Codes in the clouds. We were alive, together.
Album ‘As The Spirit Wanes’. Erased Tapes Records ERATP027CD.
39:39 Larus Sigurdsson. Entry by the wolf door.
Album ‘We are told that we shine’. Volkoren.
44:39 Ian Fischer Thinkin’ about it.
Album ‘Koffer’. Snowstar Records.
48:56 Herbert Howells. Requiem Aeternam (3) from Requiem.
Gabrieli Consort conducted by Paul McCreesh.
Album ‘A Song of Farewell’. Signum Records SIGCD 281.
53:31 György Ligeti. Lux Aeterna. Fragment.
A Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss & Susanne Van Els.
Album ‘Ligeti Lux Aeterna’ hm Gold edition HMC 501985
55:59 Chuck Deely. Nice guys never win.
Album ‘Shelter from the storm’. Own release by Chuck Deely.
Photo Chuck Deely: Wino Penris
