Mar 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

  • The Private Collection, vol. 1, 2, 5, 9, 10 (Kaz)

Listening

  • Joseph Jarman, Robbie Hunsinger, Tatsu Aoki & Avreeayl Ra @ Chicago Cultural Center
  • "Improv en Route" CUBE Ensemble with Roscoe Mitchell & Malcolm Goldstein @ HotHouse
    • The Remorse of the Dead (Roscoe Mitchell)
    • Ishi/'man waxati" Soundings for solo violin (Malcolm Goldstein)
    • African Rain Song (Bongani Ndodana)
    • En Route (Mitchell)
    • Iinkomo Zifile [The Year of the Famine] (Ndodana)
    • Improvisation for two musicians (Mitchell)
    • Regarding the Tower of Babel (Goldstein)
           
  • AALY Trio with Ken Vandermark - I Wonder If I Was Screaming (Crazy Wisdom)
  • Anthony Braxton - Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 (Victo)
  • The Chantelles & Friends - Children of Jah: 1977-79 (Blood and Fire)
  • Crispell/Peacock/Motian - Amaryllis (ECM)
  • Paul Desmond - From The Hot Afternoon (A&M/Verve)
  • Fennesz - plus forty seven degrees 56' 37" minus sixteen degrees 51' 08" (Touch)
  • João Gilberto - João Gilberto (1973) (Verve/Polygram Brazil)
  • Barry Guy/Howard Riley/John Stevens/Trevor Watts - Endgame (JAPO, LP)
  • Roscoe Mitchell + Brus Trio - After Fallen Leaves (Silkheart)
  • Kevin O'Neil - Sous Rature (Barking Hoop)
  • Charlie Parker - The Complete Dial Sessions (Definitive, discs 3-4)
  • Cecil Taylor Unit - Akisakila vol. 1 (Konnex) Mr. Taylor turned 73 on Mar-15
  • Marcos Valle - Mustang côr de Sangue (Odeon/EMI Japan)
  • Don Wilkerson - Texas Twister (Riverside/OJC)
  • various artists - Company 5 (Incus)
  • various artists - Echoes of the Forest: Music of the Central African Pygmies (Ellipsis Arts)
  • various artists - Morocco: Crossroads of Time (Ellipsis Arts)
  • various artists - Studio One Soul (Soul Jazz)

Reading

  • The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity - Tom Gunning
  • Who The Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors - Peter Bogdanovich
  • Culture Jam - Kalle Lasn

Watching

  • Our Town - play by Thorton Wilder (Harold Washington College)
  • Another American: Asking and Telling - play by Marc Wolf (About Face Theatre)
        
  • "The Osbournes" (MTV) WOW!!
        
  • Y Tu Mamá Tambièn - Alfonso Cuarón (Pipers Alley)
  • Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 P.M. - Claude Lanzmann (Facets Cinémathèque)
  • Kandahar - Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Music Box)
  • The Fourth Dimension - Trinh T. Minh-ha (WIDC Theater)
  • Scratch - Doug Pray (Landmark Century Centre)
  • What Time Is It There? - Tsai Ming-liang (Music Box)
        
  • The Red and the White - Miklós Jancsó (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (Music Box)
  • Actress [aka Center Stage] - Stanley Kwan (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Sunrise - F.W. Murnau (Music Box)
  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed - Lotte Reininger (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • "Masterclass: New Films by Brakhage, Breer, Hutton, and Dorsky" (Chicago Filmmakers @ Columbia College)
    • Lovesong - Stan Brakhage
    • Micro Garden - Stan Brakhage
    • ATOZ - Robert Breer
    • Time and Tide - Peter Hutton
    • Arbor Vitae - Nathaniel Dorsky
          
  • The Sea Around Us - Irwin Allen (CATV)
  • Les Carabiniers - Jean-Luc Godard (DVD)
  • The Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith (DVD)
  • To Have and Have Not - Howard Hawks (CATV)
  • Dr. Akagi [Kanzo Sensei] - Shohei Imamura (CATV)
  • Within Our Gates - Oscar Micheaux (CATV)
  • Symbol of the Unconquered - Oscar Micheaux (CATV)
  • Johnny Guitar - Nicholas Ray (CATV)
  • Show People - King Vidor (CATV)
  • Star Witness - William Wellman (CATV)