2006 MACARTHUR FELLOWS: NEW YORK. Once again I'm a loser: No MacArthur Fellowship!

Here are the New Yorkers who kicked my ass while I was busy blogging:

Regina Carter, jazz violinist
Adrian LeBlanc, narrative journalist
Josiah McElheny, sculptor
Sarah Ruhl, playwright
George Saunders, short story writer (okay, he's in Syracuse)
Anna Schuleit, commemorative artist
Shahzia Sikander, painter
John Zorn, musician/composer

That's 8 of the 25 recipients. Notice how they're all in Arts and Letters. The other 2 A&L types are listed as being from Vermont and New Hampshire. (None is a Proust scholar, however.) The remaining 15 are science and math types not listed as being from New York.

When it comes to the New Yorkers, I'm most familiar with Zorn, whose Tzadik label issued the Roberto Juan Rodriguez CD El Danzon de Moises. Righteous! Two others I enjoy: Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach and Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg.

And then there's Regina Carter, whose version of a Faure work turns up in a George Harrison tribute on YouTube.

Here's a taste of the versatile Zorn's music.



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Here's another sample....



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Last year's MacArthur coverage