Apr 2001 Doings
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2001: A Ducal Odyssey
      an aural/autodidactic journey into Ellingtonia, supplemented by readings in 
        The Duke Ellington Reader - Mark Tucker, ed.;
         Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide - Eddie Lambert; and
         The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings ["RCA Box"] liner notes

  • Discs 6-9 of RCA Box

Listening

  • AMM @ International House, Univ. of Chicago
  • The Lakeside Pride Concert Band; Windy City Slickers @ Preston Bradley Center
  • Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music, day 1:
    • Joost Buis' Jet-Set Astronotes [Joost Buis, Jeb Bishop, Peter Van Bergen, Ken Vandermark, Jim Baker, Wilbert de Joode, Tim Mulvenna] with guest Art Hoyle
    • Hans Koch/Joost Buis/Wilbert de Joode trio
    • Peter Brötzmann/Fred Anderson/William Parker/Hamid Drake quartet
  • Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music, day 3:
    • Peter Brötzmann solo
    • Holz Für Europa [Wolfgang Fuchs, Peter Van Bergen, Hans Koch]
    • Guillermo Gregorio/Jim Baker/David Stackenas trio
    • Leo Smith/Hamid Drake duo
    • DKV Trio [Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark]
  • Fiona Apple - When The Pawn (Clean Slate/Epic)
  • Anthony Braxton - Quartet (Victoriaville) 1992 (Victo)
  • Anthony Braxton - Composition N. 247 (Leo)
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet - At Carnegie Hall (Columbia)
  • Tony Coe/Roger Kellaway - British-American Blue (Between The Lines)
  • Jimmy Deuchar - Showcase (Jasmine)
  • Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino - Lo Dice Todo (Salsoul)
  • Andrew Hill - Dusk (Palmetto)
  • Iskra 1903 [Bailey/Guy/Rutherford] - Chapter One: 1970-1972 (Emanem)
  • Joseph Jarman/Don Moye - Earth Passage / Density (Black Saint)
  • Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 - Ikoyi Blindness / Kalakuta Show (Barclay)
  • Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 - Stalemate / Fear Not For Man (Barclay)
  • Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 - Live In Amsterdam (Barclay)
  • Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (Luaka Bop)
  • Arnold Schoenberg [Paul Jacobs] - Piano Music (Elektra/Nonesuch)
  • Matthew Shipp - Matthew Shipp's New Orbit (Thirsty Ear)
  • Sun Ra - The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (Savoy)
  • Masayuki Takayanagi - Lonely Woman (Vivid Sound)
  • CT: The Quartet [Taylor/Parker/Guy/Oxley] - Nailed (FMP)
  • Tortoise - Standards (Thrill Jockey)
  • Tripleplay - Expansion Slang (Boxholder)
  • Barney Wilen - Jazz sur Seine (Gitanes)
  • Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (Matador)

Reading

  • The Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord

Watching

  • "Absurd Person Singular" - play by Alan Ayckbourn; dir. Amy Tourné (Wing & Groove Theatre)
       
  • Blow - Ted Demme (City North 14)
  • The Dish - Rob Sitch (Landmark Century Centre)
  • Memento - Christopher Nolan (Music Box)
       
  • Stranger Than Paradise - Jim Jarmusch (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (Music Box)
  • "The Films of Jay Rosenblatt" (Facets Cinémathčque)
    • Short of Breath
    • The Smell of Burning Ants
    • Human Remains
    • Restricted
    • King of the Jews
          
  • Election - Alexander Payne (DVD)
  • Bottle Rocket - Wes Anderson (DVD)