May 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

  • [nothing this month]

Listening

  • Ken Vandermark/Mat Maneri duo; Fred Anderson/Robert Barry duo; Ken Vandermark/ Mack McCaughan/Tim Mulvenna @ Schubas (part of NoisePop 2001)
         
  • Anthony Braxton - The Complete Braxton 1971 (Arista/Freedom, LP)
  • Anthony Braxton & Marilyn Crispell - Duets (Vancouver) 1989 (Music & Arts)
  • Chico Buarque - Chico Buarque (Philips/Polygram, 1983)
  • Billie Holiday - The Commodore Master Takes (Commodore)
  • Franz Koglmann/Bill Dixon/Steve Lacy - Opium (between the lines)
  • Fela Ransome Kuti - Vols. 1 & 2 (Esperanto)
  • Love - Forever Changes (Elektra/Rhino)
  • Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Quartet - Peace and Blessings (Black Saint)
  • Evan Parker - Chicago Solo (Okka Disk)
  • Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca - Tenors Head-On (Blue Note)
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/the machines of God (Virgin)
  • The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale [Sun Ra & The Blues Project] - Batman and Robin (Universe)
  • David Tudor - Piano Avant-Garde (hatART)

Reading

  • Jacques Tati - David Bellos

Watching

  • "Rent" - musical by Jonathan Larson; dir. Michael Greif (Shubert Theatre)
        
  • Time Regained - Raul Ruiz (Carlton Cinema, Toronto)
  • Undershorts Film Festival (Biograph)
    • Dogirl - Usama Alshaibi
    • Split - Ya-Nan Chou
    • Slaughter Day - Webster Colcord
    • Summer Wind - Webster Colcord
    • El Tren - Andres Duque, Gretchen Hasse, Jason Schallack
    • Contained - Eric Gelehrter
    • Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt
    • Subway 2:36 AM - Justin Krohn
    • The Heart of the World - Guy Maddin
    • Purge Atory - Jannea McClure
    • Hansel & Grethel - Rusty Nails
    • Tree - Micah Scarpelli & Edyta Steipen
    • A Spy: Hester Reeve Does the Doors - Suzie Silver
    • The Bats - Jim Trainor
    • Ekatabiodegradable - Casandra Voltolina
  • I Am Cuba - Mikhail Kalatozov (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • A Hard Day's Night - Richard Lester (Music Box)
  • Badlands - Terrence Malick (Music Box)
  • Tabu - F.W. Murnau (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • L'Atalante - Jean Vigo (Music Box)
          
  • Annie Hall - Woody Allen (DVD)
  • In The Realm Of The Senses - Nagisa Oshima (DVD)
  • Playtime - Jacques Tati (DVD)
  • The Hole - Tsai Ming-liang (DVD)