Jan 2002 Doings
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2002: The Odyssey continues...
      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

  • Disc 17 of RCA Box
  • Piano Reflections (Capitol Jazz)

Listening

  • The Vandermark 5 @ Velvet Lounge
        
  • Gene Ammons - Up Tight! (Prestige)
  • Joe Albany - The Right Combination (Riverside)
  • Prince Alla - Only Love Can Conquer 1976-79 (Blood and Fire)
  • Anti-Pop Consortium - Tragic Epilogue (75 Ark)
  • Han Bennink/Derek Bailey - Post Improvisation 1: When We're Smilin (Incus)
  • Peter Brötzmann/Fred Hopkins/Hamid Drake - The Atlanta Concert (Okkadisk, LP)
  • Paul Desmond - Paul Desmond (Artists House, LP)
  • Philip Glass - Music In Twelve Parts (Nonesuch)
  • Milford Graves - Percussion Ensemble (ESP-Disk)
  • Grant Green - Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  • Mats Gustafsson/Ingebrigt Hĺker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love - The Thing (Crazy Wisdom)
  • Femi Kuti - Fight To Win (Barclay)
  • Joëlle Léandre/William Parker - Contrabasses (Leo)
  • Niney the Observer - Microphone Attack 1974-78 (Blood and Fire)
  • Sun Ra - The Night of the Purple Moon (Saturn, LP) 
  • ROVA - Beat Kennel (Black Saint)
  • James Tenney - Bridge & Flocking (hatART)
  • various artists - Angels In The Mirror: Vodou Music of Haiti (Ellipsis Arts)
  • various artists - The Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw)

Reading

Watching

  • Gosford Park - Robert Altman (Landmark Century Centre)
  • Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys - Michael Haneke (Music Box)
  • Off The Road [feat. Peter Kowald] - Lawrence Petit-Jouvet (Jazz Fair 2002 @ Chicago Cultural Center)
        
  • Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • An Actor's Revenge [Yukinojo henge] - Kon Ichikawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Conflagration [Enjo] - Kon Ichikawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Fires On The Plain [Nobi] - Kon Ichikawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Tokyo Olympiad - Kon Ichikawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • The Makioka Sisters [Sasameyuki] - Kon Ichikawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Sátántangó - Béla Tarr (Facets Cinémathčque)
  • The Vertical Ray of the Sun - Tran Anh Hung (Music Box)
  • Female Trouble - John Waters (Music Box)
  • Chimes At Midnight - Orson Welles (Doc Films)
        
  • Harold and Maude - Hal Ashby (CATV)
  • The Bank Dick - Edward F. Cline (CATV)
  • Crash - David Cronenberg (DVD)
  • Lenny - Bob Fosse (CATV)
  • Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler - Fritz Lang (DVD)
  • You Can't Cheat An Honest Man - George Marshall (CATV)
  • Two Weeks In Another Town - Vincente Minnelli (CATV)
  • Salaam Bombay! - Mira Nair (CATV)
  • The Loved One - Tony Richardson (CATV)
  • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song - J. David Riva (CATV)
  • Dietrich - Maximilian Schell (CATV)
  • The Jonker Diamond; Killer-Dog - Jacques Tourneur (CATV)
  • Movie Night on Roscoe Street:
    • episode 1 of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (DVD)
    • Plan 9 From Outer Space - Edward D. Wood Jr. (DVD)