Apr 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

  • Happy Birthday, Duke! The Birthday Sessions (LaserLight)
  • Paris Jazz Concert vol. 1: Alhambra, 29 October 1958 (Malaco)
  • Paris Jazz Concert vol. 2: Alhambra, 29 October 1958 (Malaco)
  • Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia)
  • Duke Ellington Live at the Blue Note (Roulette)

Listening

  • Andrew Hill Quartet @ Jazz Showcase
  • Lol Coxhill @ Lincoln Park Conservatory, Fern Room
  • Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music - Night 1 @ Empty Bottle
    • Mats Gustafsson, Kevin Drumm & Torsten Müller
    • Triage
    • David Stackenäs & Jeb Bishop
          
  • Derek Bailey - Ballads (Tzadik)
  • Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo (Philips/Universal Japan)
  • Anthony Braxton/Ensemble Braxtonia - 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 (Leo)
  • Junior Byles - 129 Beat Street: Ja-Man Special 1975-78 (Blood and Fire)
  • Cut Chemist meets Shortkut - Live at the Future Primitive Sound Session (Future Primitive Sound)
  • D'Angelo - Live at the Jazz Cafe, London (+1) (EMI Japan)
  • Lucia Dlugoszewski - Disparate Stairway Radical Other (CRI)
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Lullabies of Birdland / Sweet and Hot (MCA)
  • João Gilberto - Chega de Saudade (Odeon, LP)
  • Elmo Hope - Trio & Quintet (Blue Note)
  • King Tubby & Soul Syndicate - Freedom Sounds in Dub (Blood and Fire)
  • LSB - Walk, Stop, Look and Walk (Crazy Wisdom)
  • Ras Michael - Rastafari Dub (ROIR)
  • Mix Master Mike - Anti-Theft Device (Asphodel)
  • Thelonious Monk - Monk in Tokyo (Columbia)
  • Norbert Moslang & Andy Guhl - Knack On (Uhlklang, LP)
  • Gordon Mumma - Studio Retrospect (Lovely)
  • School Days - Crossing Division (Okka Disk)
  • David Stackenäs - The Guitar (Häpna)
  • Cecil Taylor - Erzulie Maketh Scent (FMP)
  • Trio Mocotó - Muita Zorra! (Universal/Forma)
  • Lennie Tristano/Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh - The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (Mosaic) discs 1-3
  • Marcos Valle - Vento Sul (Odeon/EMI Japan)
  • Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso (1971) (Philips)
  • various artists - Grazing in the Trash: The Soul Fire Funk 45 Collection (Soul Fire)
  • various artists - Turkey: The Sipsi of the Yayla (Ocora)

Reading

  • Stan Brakhage: Correspondences - Chicago Review, Winter 2001/Spring 2002
  • Stan Brakhage interview
  • Montage, Realism and the Act of Vision - Victor A. Grauer
  • Jim Jarmusch: Interviews - Ludvig Hertzberg, ed.
  • Stupid White Men... and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation - Michael Moore
  • Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation - Eric Nisenson

Watching

  • Time Out [L'Emploi du temps] - Laurent Cantet (Music Box)
        
  • Bullfighter and the Lady - Budd Boetticher (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Diary of a Chambermaid - Luis Buñuel (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Paris Qui Dort [The Crazy Ray, or Paris Asleep] - René Clair (Doc Films)
  • Laura - Otto Preminger (Music Box)
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Robert Wiene (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Films by Stan Brakhage (Doc Films)
    • Anticipation of the Night - Stan Brakhage
    • The Cat's Cradle - Stan Brakhage
    • The Animals of Eden and After - Stan Brakhage
  • New Films by Stan Brakhage (Chicago Filmmakers @ Columbia College) 
    • (...) Reels 1-4 - Stan Brakhage  WOW!!!
    • Night Mulch - Stan Brakhage
    • Very - Stan Brakhage
    • Coupling - Stan Brakhage
         
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask - Woody Allen (CATV)
  • Fury - Fritz Lang (CATV)
  • Rancho Notorious - Fritz Lang (CATV)
  • While The City Sleeps - Fritz Lang (CATV)
  • Beyond A Reasonable Doubt - Fritz Lang (CATV)
  • Knock On Any Door - Nicholas Ray (CATV)
  • The Lusty Men - Nicholas Ray (CATV)
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - Carl Reiner (CATV)
  • Jezebel - William Wyler (CATV)